Yakari Napaltjarri Pintupi, c.1950-2018
Ngaminya, 2014
acrylic on canvas
31 x 61 cm
12 1/4 x 24 in
12 1/4 x 24 in
MM9630
$ 1,500.00
This painting depicts designs associated with women's ceremonies at the rockhole and soakage water site of Ngaminya, just to the south-west of the Kiwirrkura Community in Western Australia. During ancestral...
This painting depicts designs associated with women's ceremonies at the rockhole and soakage water site of Ngaminya, just to the south-west of the Kiwirrkura Community in Western Australia. During ancestral times a large group of women gathered at the site to perform the dances andsing the songs associated with the area. While ni the area the womenalso gathered the edible berries known as kampurarrpa or desert raisin from the small shrub Solanum centrale. These berries can be eatenstraight from the bush but are sometimes ground into a paste and cooked ni the coals to form a type of damper. Upon completion of the ceremonies at Ngaminya the women continued their travels east toWirrulnga and then on to Wilkinkarra (Lake Mackay). The rocky outcrops at Ngaminya are said to have been formed from huge mounds of these berries.
Provenance
Papunya Tula Artists PTY LTD YN1408028McCulloch Collection
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