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NGOIA POLLARD NAPALTJARRI c.1948-2022 FATHER'S COUNTRY, 2020 acrylic on linen 120 x 61 cm artwork cataloguing details verso PROVENANCE Papunya Tula Artists, NT Cat No. NN2005023 Private collection, NSW Accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Papunya Tula Artists ©Ngoia Pollard Napaljarri / Copyright Agency, 2024 Ngoia Napaljarri Pollard paints her father's country. This country is sacred Warlpiri country associated with narratives relating to 'water snake'. The oval shapes in her paintings are iconographic representations of the swamps and lakes near Nyruppi north west of Mt. Liebig. In her paintings Ngoia depicts the wet and dry characteristics of Nyruppi, a region charged with the spiritual presence of a 'water snake' which lives beneath the surface. Ngoia describes this terrain as being dangerous. This area is currently unoccupied Warlpiri land where her father hunted prior to his encounter with white people. Ngoia has custodianship responsibilities over this area. This piece is a fine example of an Australian Aboriginal artwork.