Auction: The Rod Menzies Estate, Indigenous and Oceanic Art Collection, Part I Provenance: Papunya Tula Artists, NT Cat No. NN20000607 Fireworks Gallery, Qld Cat No, FW4107 Private Collection, Qld Menzies...
Story: Nyruapayia Nampitjinpa's depictions of the sand-dune country and surrounding rocky outcrops connected to her mother's Dreaming sites at Yumarra, and related rockholes, bear a relationship to the designs used for body painting during the inma ceremonial dance. Her designs often depict women's ceremonies and rituals associated with gathering of bush tucker such as kampurarrpa (desert raisin) and quandong.