Pinpirri (Desert Bore), 2000

synthetic polymer paint on linen

87 x 28cm

$1,300

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Provenance: Papunya Tula Artists, Alice Springs, NT, Cat No. TN 20000527 Cooee Aboriginal Art Gallery, NSW
Exhibited: 35th Anniversary Exhibition, Cooee Aboriginal Art Gallery, Paddington, NSW, December 2016 – January 2017
Artwork story: This painting depicts designs associated with the rockhole site of Pinpirri near Desert Bore, north of the Kintore Community. The lines depict the tali (sandhills) at this site that surround the rockhole. In ancestral times a group of women of the Nangala, Napangati, Napurrula, Napaltjarri and Nungurrayi kinship subsections gathered at Pinpirri to perform the dances and sing the songs associated with the area. During these ceremonies a woman of the Nungurrayi kinship subsection pierced the earth with her wana (digging stick) to create three rockholes. The women also gathered wangunu or woolybutt, from the perennial grass Eragrostis eriopoda. The husks from these seeds are removed by winnowing and the seeds are then ground into four. Water is then added and the paste is cooked in hot coals and ashes to form a type of unleavened bread.

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b. c.1955

synthetic polymer paint on linen

87 x 28cm

$1,300

Secure payment via Stripe. Prices in AUD.

Provenance: Papunya Tula Artists, Alice Springs, NT, Cat No. TN 20000527 Cooee Aboriginal Art Gallery, NSW
Exhibited: 35th Anniversary Exhibition, Cooee Aboriginal Art Gallery, Paddington, NSW, December 2016 – January 2017
Artwork story: This painting depicts designs associated with the rockhole site of Pinpirri near Desert Bore, north of the Kintore Community. The lines depict the tali (sandhills) at this site that surround the rockhole. In ancestral times a group of women of the Nangala, Napangati, Napurrula, Napaltjarri and Nungurrayi kinship subsections gathered at Pinpirri to perform the dances and sing the songs associated with the area. During these ceremonies a woman of the Nungurrayi kinship subsection pierced the earth with her wana (digging stick) to create three rockholes. The women also gathered wangunu or woolybutt, from the perennial grass Eragrostis eriopoda. The husks from these seeds are removed by winnowing and the seeds are then ground into four. Water is then added and the paste is cooked in hot coals and ashes to form a type of unleavened bread.