Wirrulnga A11100 Ngoia Pollard Napaltjarri Size: 121 x 182cm

Size: 121 x 182cm

The storm travelled across the country

through ceremony

her work draws on traditional stories passed down to her and she depicts sites associated with her ancestral country

The site of Mina Mina is made up of two enormous water soakages lined with clay

Wirrulnga A11100 Ngoia Pollard Napaltjarri Size: 121 x 182cmYear: 2007 Size: 120 x 180cm acrylic on linen This painting shows Ninguras depiction of Wirrulnga, a rockhole site in a small rocky outcrop, east of the Kiwirrkurra community in the desert of Western Australia. Wirrulnga is a site which is associated with birth. It is here that the women of the Napaltjarri and Naparrula groups go to give birth. Men are not allowed at this site. While at Wirrulnga the women also make spun hair string with which to make