Lot 94

Papunya Tula Artists, Alice Spring (accompanied by the certificate of authenticity)
Scott Livesey Galleries, Melbourne (stamp verso)
Private collection, Melbourne

"The roundels in this painting depict the claypans at site of Watanuma, north-west of the Kintore Community. A group of women, represented by the 'U' shapes, gathered at the site to perform the dances and sing the songs associated with the area. They also made spun hair-string for making hair-string skirts (nyimparra) which are worn during ceremonies. Upon completion of these ceremonies the women continued their travels to the rockhole site of Malparingya and then continued east to Pinari, also north-west of Kintore. The lines in this work depict the wana (nulla - nullas) that the women carried with them on their journey. As they travelled they gathered large quanities of the edible fruit known as pura, (also known in Pintupi as pintalypa) or bush tomato from the small shrub Solamun chippendalei. This fruit is the size of a small apricot, and after the seeds have been removed, can be stored for long periods by halving the fruit and skewering them onto a stick."

As stated on the Papunya Tyula Artists certificate of authenticity

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