Lot 64

The Artist
Papunya Tula Artists, Northern Territory, cat. no. MN 0806048 (accompanied by a copy of the certificate of authenticity)
The Le Pley Collection, Western Australia, acquired from the above in 2009

"This painting depicts designs associated with the soakage water site of Pulinyanu, which is slightly north of the Nyirrpi Community. The circles in this work represent the rockholes while the lines represent the tali (sandhills) in the surrounding area. In ancestral times a group of women of the Nampitjinpa and Nangala kinship subsections gathered at Pulinyanu to perform the dances and sing the songs associated with the area. While in the area they ate witjirrki (wild fig) which they had collected from nearby trees. They also gathered wood to make wana (digging sticks). Upon completion of the ceremonies at Pulinyanu the women continued their travels east,"
As stated on the Papunya Tula Artists 

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