Marrapinti (from Tjukurrpa Palurukutu, Kutjupawana Palyantjanya: same stories a new way)
Artist: Doreen Reid Nakamarra (Australian, Pintupi / Ngaatjatjarra, 1955 - 2009)
Publisher: Papunya Tula Artists Pty Ltd
Printer: Firebox Print Studio (Dian Darmansjah)
Date: 2009
Dimensions:
Sheet: H: 21 5/8 in. (55 cm); W: 17 11/16 in. (45 cm)
Medium: Print, etching on Hahnemuhle rag paper.
Place of Origin: Australian | Pintupi language group
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: Gift of Sara Jane DeHoff
Object number: 2013.185HH
Label Text:A group of Ancestral women of the Nangala and Napangati kinship sections of the Pintupi people camped at the Marrapinti rockhole site during their epic travels across the desert. While at the site the women made nose bones, also known as marrapinti, which are worn through the nasal septum. These nose bones are now only worn by members of the older generation on important ceremonial occasions.
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