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• Auction House:
  Theodore Bruce
• Sale Name:
  Art | Australian | International | Aboriginal Auction
• Sale Date:
  14 Sep 2020 ~ 6pm (AEST)
• Lot #:
  6145
• Lot Description:
  Nancy Ross Nungurrayi
  (b.c.1935-2009) Kintore
  Womens Ceremony at Ngaminya 2002
  Acrylic on Belgian linen, unstretched
  93 x 121 cm
  Accompanied by a photograph of the artist with this work
• Provenance:
  Ngintaka Aboriginal Arts, Alice Springs; Corroboree Exports, Adelaide, Catalogue no. NR1827
• Notes:
  Nancy Ross Nungurrayi was born in the desert at Karrku, a large hill about 800 kilometres west of Alice Springs. Nancy was the sister of Naata Nungurrayi & George Tjungurrayi, both well known artists. Until her death, Nancy & her family lived in Kintore. Nancy painted complex series of patterns which depict the holy places from the "Dream Time" (Tjukurrpa) around her traditional homeland. The concentric circles refer to specific locations which are used for ceremonies. The parallel lines which connect these circles are ancestral paths called "song lines" created by the mythical ancestors (Tingari) of the Aborigines. In Nancy’s work, the women are represented by a 'U' shape & the background colours & patterns represent different aspects of the landscape, like sand dunes & rocky outcrops called Tali & Puli respectively. This painting depicts a women's ceremony at the rock hole site called Ngaminya. This place is south west from the Aboriginal settlement of Kiwirrkura in Western Australia. In this painting the large 'U' shapes represent the body paint designs painted on the women's breasts for this ceremony.
• Estimate:
  A$600 - 900
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Art

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