Watiya Tjuta Fabric - Rose on Maroon (Cotton) 50cm Clothes family and place

family and place

the son of Ikuntji founding member Eunice Napanangka Jack and Gideon Tjupurrula Jack

which depicts the Papa Tjukurrpa - the Dog Dreaming of her father's Country at Niyuman

It flowers soon after the rain in the sandhills and has a very sweet taste

A flattering waist panel with a flared skirt that falls below the knee

Watiya Tjuta Fabric - Rose on Maroon (Cotton) 50cm Clothes family and placeMitjili Napurrula's design on this fabric depicts the Watiya Tjuta the acacia trees of Uwalkari country in the Gibson Desert used to make kulata (ceremonial spears). This is her father's Tjukurrpa, passed down to her by her mother, who first drew it for her in the sand. Mitjili was born in 1945 at Papunya and began painting at Ikuntji Women's Centre in 1992, winning the Alice Springs Art Prize in 1999. Mitjili passed away in April 2019. Her designs