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Lot 294

Nanu Nangala
(circa 1930-2001)
Untitled, 1999

3 December 2025, 14:00 AEDT
Sydney

AU$500 - AU$800

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Nanu Nangala (circa 1930-2001)

Untitled, 1999
inscribed verso with artist's name, date and Papunya Tula Artists cat. NN990755
synthetic polymer paint on linen
61.0 x 31.0cm (24 x 12 3/16in).

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PROVENANCE
Papunya Tula Artists, Alice Springs (cat. NN990755)
Private collection, Melbourne, acquired from the above in 1999

This painting is accompanied by documentation from Papunya Tula Artists which reads:

'This painting depicts designs associated with the rockhole and soakage water site of Marrapinti, west of the Kiwirrkura Community. A group of women, represented by the 'U' shapes, camped at this site during their travels further east. The oblong shape depicts a fighting club. While at the site the women made the nose bones, also known as marrapinti, which are worn through a hole made in the nose web. These nose bones were originally used by both men and women but are now only inserted by the older generation on ceremonial occasions.'

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