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Women's Body Ceremonyby Narpula Scobie NapurrulaThis painting represents women's body pain design. During ceremonies women will often use ochre rocks which have been ground down into a paste to paint designs upon their upper bodies, chest, arms and breasts. This carries a deep spiritual and cultural significance for Aboriginal women of Central Australia. The body painting is carried out within a strict convention that specifically related to spiritual matters. The creative nature of these women's activities is acknowledged. |
ArtistNarpula Scobie Napurrula was born in c.1933 near Haasts Bluff and grew up in Papunya in central Australia. where she stayed until the beginning of the 80s. Both her older brother Turkey Tolson Tjupurrula and her husband Johnny Scobie Tjapanangka were also artists (both deceased). Narpula assisted her husband for many years in painting the background details to his artwork, Narpula began painting herself independently in the 80s. In those early years she was the only female artist working in the Papunya area. Napurrula began painting for Papunya Tula Artists in the early 1980s, and was one of the first and few women at the time to do so. Narpula depicts in her artwork themes of bush food stories, including the ‘Two Women who came from Mitukutjarrayi’ in the south. She reside at Mount Leibig. 
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Why Sabine likes thisI like how the body painting design depicted in this artwork stretches across the canvas. The varying hues of brown shown throughout the painting fills me with an understanding of the ancient cultural practices that women would participate in. A beautiful small artwork. |
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