, 1979

synthetic polymer paint on canvas board

35.5 x 46 cm

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Provenance: Papunya Tula Artists, Alice Springs, NT, Cat No. DN781155 Accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Papunya Tula Artists
Artwork story: This is a depiction of a corroboree held by a group of mythological women at Minyupinytipinyti, a site just east of Mt. Dennison (north-west of Alice Springs). The Kungka Tjuta (many women) had travelled from sites far to the west, in the vicinity of the Northern Territory/Western Australia border. As they travelled, the women held many ceremonies at sites that are now associated with this mythology. One of these is Minyupinytipinyti where the women decorated their bodies with fat and ochres and created head-dresses known as 'Walpatjirri', decorated with crushed and chopped daisies. The women also wore strings of beads or 'Yinyinyti'. When the ceremonies were completed, the women again continued their epic journey to a site to the north of Alice Springs. The set of concentric circles indicates the ceremonial area while the surrounding 'U' shapes denote the women themselves. The bands of dots symbolise the head-dresses worn by the women in the ceremonies at Minyupinytipinyti.

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b. c.1935

synthetic polymer paint on canvas board

35.5 x 46 cm

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Provenance: Papunya Tula Artists, Alice Springs, NT, Cat No. DN781155 Accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Papunya Tula Artists
Artwork story: This is a depiction of a corroboree held by a group of mythological women at Minyupinytipinyti, a site just east of Mt. Dennison (north-west of Alice Springs). The Kungka Tjuta (many women) had travelled from sites far to the west, in the vicinity of the Northern Territory/Western Australia border. As they travelled, the women held many ceremonies at sites that are now associated with this mythology. One of these is Minyupinytipinyti where the women decorated their bodies with fat and ochres and created head-dresses known as 'Walpatjirri', decorated with crushed and chopped daisies. The women also wore strings of beads or 'Yinyinyti'. When the ceremonies were completed, the women again continued their epic journey to a site to the north of Alice Springs. The set of concentric circles indicates the ceremonial area while the surrounding 'U' shapes denote the women themselves. The bands of dots symbolise the head-dresses worn by the women in the ceremonies at Minyupinytipinyti.