Marrapinti (from Tjukurrpa Palurukutu, Kutjupawana Palyantjanya: same stories a new way)
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
Place of OriginAustralian | Pintupi language group
Date2009
DimensionsSheet: H: 21 5/8 in. (55 cm); W: 17 11/16 in. (45 cm)
MediumPrint, etching on Hahnemuhle rag paper.
ClassificationPrints
Credit LineGift of Sara Jane DeHoff
Object number
2013.185HH
Not on View
Sydney, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Papunya Tula: Works on Paper, December 13, 2012 – March 24, 2013.
Label TextA 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.
Wintjiya Napaltjarri
2009
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