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Important Aboriginal + Oceanic Art - 18 May 2011  |  Melbourne

Lot 30
Doreen Reid Nakamarra
(c.1935 - 2009)
NGAMINYA ROCKHOLE, 2005

synthetic polymer paint on linen

122.0 x 122.0 cm



Estimate:
$10,000 - 15,000




Lot Details

Description

Doreen Reid Nakamarra
(c.1935 - 2009)
NGAMINYA ROCKHOLE, 2005

synthetic polymer paint on linen

122.0 x 122.0 cm

inscribed verso: artist’s name, size and Papunya Tula Artists cat. DR0510060

Provenance

Papunya Tula Artists, Alice Springs
Cross Cultural Art Exchange, Northern Territory
Private collection, Queensland

This painting is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Papunya Tula Artists which states: 'This painting depicts designs associated with the rockhole site of Ngaminya just to the south of the Kiwirrkura Community in Western Australia. The lines in this painting represent the tali (sandhills) that surround this site. A group of women gathered at Ngaminya to perform the dances and sing the songs associated with the area. They also 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.’