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Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Kim Napurrula,

Kim Napurrula Australian, Pintupi, b. c. 1963

60 x 55 cm
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This painting depicts designs associated with the rockhole site of Marrapinti, west of the Pollock Hills in Western Australia. The grid-like design in this painting depicts the rocky outcrops which...
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This painting depicts designs associated with the rockhole site of Marrapinti, west of the Pollock Hills in Western Australia. The grid-like design in this painting depicts the rocky outcrops which surround Marrapinti. In mythological times a group of women of the Nangala and Napangati kinship subsections camped at this site during their travels east. While at the site the women made the nose bones, also knowns as marrapinti, which are worn through a hole made in the nose web. The nose bones were originally used by both men and women but are now only inserted by the older generation on ceremonial occasions. Upon completion of the ceremonies at Marrapinti the women continued their travels east passing through Wala Wala, Ngaminya and Wirrulnga, before completing their journey at Wilkinkarra (Lake Mackay).
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