Makinti Napanangka

Hairstring and Rockholes

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Makinti Napanangka

Hairstring and Rockholes

Code: MAKRM1815
Medium: Acrylic on Linen
Size: 160*205
Year: 2007
Price: $ 89000

Makinti and her husband, Nyukiti Tjupurrula Makinti, often painted designs associated with travels of Kungka Kutjarra (Two Women). The patterning that feature in her paintings represent the swirling hair-string skirts worn by the Two Women during ceremonies when they reaffirm these mythological stories through dance and song, evident in the flowing rhythms of the lines.

These skirts are woven by the women from human hair using a simple spindle made of two sticks and are shown as a complex pattern of pale lines over an orange or ochre-coloured background then set off with contrasting colours, often mauve or bright yellow highlights. The works are cheerful and free flowing, intensified at times by the addition of a stray grey-blue line or a patch of crimson, red or purple.

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