Umari Rockhole Site, 2010

synthetic polymer paint on linen

91 x 46 cm

$1,400

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Provenance: Papunya Tula Artists, Alice Springs, NT, Cat No. YN1008059 Private Collection NSW Accompanied by an original certificate of authenticity from Papunya Tula Artists
Artwork story: This painting depicts designs associated with the rockhole site of Umari, situated in sandhill country, east of Mt Webb in Western Australia. A large group of ancestral women travelled east from Umari to the rockhole site of Pinari, which is north west of the Kintore community. As they travelled the women gathered the edible berries known as kampurarrpa or desert raisin from the small shrub Solanum centrale. These berries can be eaten straight from the bush but are sometimes ground into a paste and cooked in the coals to form a type of damper. The numerous small circles in this work depict the berries collected at this site, while the larger oval shapes represent the rockhole at Umari. From Pinari the women continued their travels towards the east to the site of Kalipinpa, a major water dreaming site north of Sandy Blight Junction.

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b. c.1946

synthetic polymer paint on linen

91 x 46 cm

$1,400

Secure payment via Stripe. Prices in AUD.

Provenance: Papunya Tula Artists, Alice Springs, NT, Cat No. YN1008059 Private Collection NSW Accompanied by an original certificate of authenticity from Papunya Tula Artists
Artwork story: This painting depicts designs associated with the rockhole site of Umari, situated in sandhill country, east of Mt Webb in Western Australia. A large group of ancestral women travelled east from Umari to the rockhole site of Pinari, which is north west of the Kintore community. As they travelled the women gathered the edible berries known as kampurarrpa or desert raisin from the small shrub Solanum centrale. These berries can be eaten straight from the bush but are sometimes ground into a paste and cooked in the coals to form a type of damper. The numerous small circles in this work depict the berries collected at this site, while the larger oval shapes represent the rockhole at Umari. From Pinari the women continued their travels towards the east to the site of Kalipinpa, a major water dreaming site north of Sandy Blight Junction.