AUCTION | Aboriginal Works of Art | 4 June 2019

LOT #49 Tjunkiya Napaltjarri (1927-2009) Rockhole at Umari, 2002 122 x 153 cm synthetic polymer paint on Belgian linen $4,000 - 6,000 PROVENANCE Papunya Tula Artists, NT Cat No. TN0211245 Tjala Aboriginal Art, NSW The Mike Chandler Collection, NSW accompanied by a Papunya Tula certificate of authenticity EXHIBITION HISTORY Collector’s Edition, August 2013, Cooee Art Gallery In this work the lines through the centre represent the sandhills surrounding the site. A group of women gathered here to perform ceremonies. The women, one of Nangala kinship and others of Napaltjarri kinship, later travelled towards the east. One of the mythologies associated with the area concerns a relationship between a Tjakamarra man and Nangala woman. This is a mother-in-law relationship which is very taboo in Aboriginal culture.