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• Auction House:
  Theodore Bruce
• Sale Name:
  Art | Australian | International | Aboriginal Auction
• Sale Date:
  14 Sep 2020 ~ 6pm (AEST)
• Lot #:
  6135
• Lot Description:
  Makinti Napanangka
  (1932-2011) Kintore
  Womens Hair String 2008
  Acrylic on Belgian linen, unstretched
  186 x 124 cm
  Accompanied by photographs of work in progress & the artist with this work
• Provenance:
  Palya Art Gallery, Alice Springs; Corroboree Exports, Adelaide, Catalogue no. MAKINTI 708
• Notes:
  Pintupi artist Makinti Napanangka capped off her successful career with recognition at the National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Art Awards in 2008, taking out the top award at the 25th Year of the NATSIAA event. Makinti Napanangka formalised her images of the hair string belts which the women wore during ceremony, developing a pattern of twisting bands of colour. The hair string belts have become a symbolic reference to the dancing of the women during ceremonies. The belts, worn above the hips have dangling strings, often with feathers attached, which swing about as the women dance, highlighting their attractiveness. Makinti distills body-paint designs to their quintessential forms, with loose & looping rhythms which stretch out to the confines of the frame. The paintings often depict the designs associated with the rockhole site at Lupulnga, south of Kintore, & with the travels of the two Ancestor women, Kungka Kutjarra. Makinti Napanangka is represented in major national collections including National Gallery of Australia, Art Gallery of NSW, Queensland Art Gallery and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory.
• Estimate:
  A$9,000 - 12,000
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Art

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