Birthsite: Kumil, west of Pollock Hills in Western Australia.

Language/Tribal Group: Ngaatjatjarra and Pintupi/Luritja.

Historical: Naata and her family walked into Papunya from Wala Wala in the Gibson Desert,

prior to the last group of traditional people being brought in by Native Welfare patrols under

Jeremy Long. She is the sister of Nancy Nungarrayi and George Tjungarrayi and now she lives

at Kintore with her family. She is the mother of Kenny Williams Tjampitjinpa and Titaun Ross Tjampitjinpa.

Painting: Naata paints stories associated with the site of Marrapinti,To the west of the community of   

Kiwirrkura. Marrapinti literary means nosebone, and the paintings often relate to ceremonies concerned

with the piercing of the septum. In mythological times a large group of women camped at this site before

proceeding furthuereast.Whist there, the women gathered kampurarrpa [bush berries] from the small plant

solanum centrale. These berries can be eaten directly off the shrubs or ground to make a type of damper.

Naata illustrates the landscape with Tali [sand hills] and puli [rocky hills]

Represented:

National Gallery of Victoria                                                 

Australian Institute for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies

Flinders Art Museum, Flinders University, Adelaide

Ian Potter Musem, Melbourne