YIRANGNA, 1999

Part 2: Important Aboriginal Art
Melbourne
27 November 2013
183

WALANGKURA NAPANANGKA

born c.1946
YIRANGNA, 1999

synthetic polymer paint on linen

122.0 x 91.0 cm

inscribed verso: artist's name, size and Papunya Tula Artists cat. WN9908202

Private sale
Provenance

Papunya Tula Artists, Alice Springs
Private collection, United Kingdom

Catalogue text

This work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Papunya Tula Artists which states: 'This painting depicts designs associated with Yirangna, just to the west of the Kintore community. The lines through the painting represent the sandhills surrounding the site and the roundels are rockholes. A large group of women visited this site to gather the seed known as mungilypa or samphire from the small fleshy sub-shrub Tecticornia verrucosa. These seeds are then ground into a paste which is cooked in the coals to form a type of unleavened bread. The also gathered the berries known as ngamunypurru or conkleberry from the shrub Carissa lanceolata and the kampurarrpa or desert raisin from the small shrub Solanum centrale.'