THE ROCKHOLE SITE OF LUPULNGA, 2006

Important Australian Indigenous Art
Melbourne
22 March 2023
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© Makinti Napanangka/Copyright Agency 2023
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MAKINTI NAPANANGKA

(c.1930 - 2011)
THE ROCKHOLE SITE OF LUPULNGA, 2006

synthetic polymer paint on Belgian linen

107.0 x 91.0 cm

bears inscription verso: artist’s name, size and Papunya Tula Artists cat. MN0609137

Estimate: 
$18,000 – $25,000
Sold for $30,682 (inc. BP) in Auction 73 - 22 March 2023, Melbourne
Provenance

Papunya Tula Artists, Alice Springs, Northern Territory
Gallery Gabrielle Pizzi, Melbourne (label attached verso)
Private collection, Brisbane, acquired from the above

This work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Papunya Tula Artists which states:

‘This painting depicts designs associated with the site of Lupulnga, a rockhole situated south of the Kintore Community. The Peewee (small bird) Dreaming is associated with this site, as well as the Kungka Kutjarra or Two Travelling Women Dreaming. During mythological times a group of ancestral women visited this site holding ceremonies associated with the area, before continuing their travels north to Kaakuratintja (Lake MacDonald), and later the Kintore area. The lines in the painting represent spun hair-string which is used in the making of nyimparra (hair-belts), which are worn by both men and women during ceremonies.’