Makinti Napanangka, Australian painter (born 1930)

Makinti Napanangka

Indigenous Australian artist from the Western Desert region (c. 1930 – 2011)

Makinti Napanangka AM was a Pintupi-speaking Indigenous Australian artist from Australia's Western Desert region. She was referred to posthumously as Kumentje. The term Kumentje was used instead of her personal name as it is customary among many indigenous communities not to…