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Jacqueline Reid Nakamarra

Lupulnga
2020

Lupulnga is a rockhole site located south of Walungurru (Kintore). It is associated with the Peewee Tjukurrpa (Tawny Frogmouth Dreaming), as well as the Kungka Kutjarra (Two Women). The site was also visited by a group of ancestral women, who held ceremonies at Lupulnga before journeying north to Kaakurutintjinya (Lake Macdonald). Lupulunga was famously painted by Jacqueline Reid's mother Makinti Napanangka, who was born at the site. Whereas Makinti's painting tend to focus on the swaying nyimparra (grass skirts) of the dancing woman, Jacqueline draws attention to the rockhole itself, represented as a commanding roundel in the center of the cavnas.

Language Group: Pintupi
Date: Born 1958

Jacqueline Reid Nakamarra was born in 1958, the youngest daughter of famous painter Makinti Napanangka and a sister to Winnie Reid Nakamarra. She currently lives in Kintore.

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