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• Auction House:
  Deutscher and Hackett
• Sale Name:
  Aboriginal Art from the Luczo Family Collection, USA
• Sale Date:
  19 Oct 2016 ~ 7pm
• Lot #:
  57
• Lot Description:
  Tjunkiya Napaltjarri
  (1927 – 2009)
  Women's Ceremonies At Umari, 2007
  synthetic polymer paint on linen
  121.5 x 121.5 cm
  bears inscription verso: artist’s name, size and Papunya Tula Artists cat. TN0709169
• Provenance:
  Painted at Kintore in 2007; Papunya Tula Artists, Alice Springs; Harvey Art Projects, Ketchum, Idaho, USA; The Luczo Family Collection, USA
• Notes:
  This painting is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Papunya Tula Artiststhat states: ‘This painting depicts designs associated with the rockhole site of Umari, situated in the sandhill country east of Winparku (Mt. Webb) in Western Australia. The various shapes in this painting depict the puli (rocky outcrops), tali (sandhills) and water sources of the area. A group of ancestral women once gathered at this site to perform ceremonies associated with Umair. The women, one of the Nangala kinship subsection and the others of the Napaltjarri kinship subsection, later continued travelling toward the east. One of the mythologies associated with the Umari area concerns a relationship between a man of the Tjakamarra kinship subsection and a woman of the Nangala kinship subsection. This is a mother-in-law relationship which is forbidden in Western Desert Aboriginal culture.’
• Estimate:
  A$5,000 - 7,000
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Art

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