Silk scarf – Marrapinti by Yalti Napangati

Features:

• 100% silk
• Artist and story information card
• Beautifully presented in gift box
• Royalties paid to the artist/family on every sale

Artist: Yalti Napangati

Art Centre: Papunya Tula
Community: Kiwirrkura, WA
Language: Pintubi

Yalti Napangati’s untitled work refers to the site Marrapinti, a rockhole and soakage water site, west of Kiwirrkura in Western Australia. During ancestral times, a large group of women gathered at this site on their travels to the east. The women stopped at Marrapinti to make nose bones, also known as marrapinti, which are worn through a hole in the septum. These ornamental nose bones were originally worn by men and women but are now only inserted by the older generations during ceremonial occasions. At the conclusion of the ceremony at Marrapinti, the women continued their travels east to Ngaminya and then on to Wilkinkarra (Lake McKay).

The symbols in this painting represent the geographical features of the landscape traversed by the ancestral women along their journey, and the bush foods they harvested along the way. Yalti is known for her classical colour palette and complex symbolism that combine to great effect, creating works with a compelling visual narrative.

Yalti Napangati is the sister of Yukultji Napangati, the well known artist who paints for Papunya Tula Artists and who is also a shareholder of the company. Yalti and Yukultji are members of the small group who did not have contact with Europeans until late in 1984, after meeting with people near Winparrku (Mt. Webb). Prior to this she had been living on the western side of Wilkinkarra (Lake Mackay). Yalti now lives and paints in Kiwirrkura, along with her husband and their children. In 1999 Yalti contributed to the Kiwirrkura women’s painting as part of the Western Desert Dialysis Appeal.

Provenance:

Manufactured by One of Twelve – an Australian company that showcases the work of emerging and established artists from the Asia Pacific region. We are dedicated to celebrating and contributing to the art sector of this region through the production of high quality, silk garments that depict collaborating artists work.