Watiya Tjuta - Wrap Dress - Black on White (Linen) Clothes the artist’s country

the artist’s country

zip and button closure

Tjunkayi Napaltjareri when story telling

This shell top by Leonie Kamutu depicts the Papa Tjukurrpa - the Dog Dreaming of her father's Country at Niyuman

in the salt lake (the older brother in front

Watiya Tjuta - Wrap Dress - Black on White (Linen) Clothes the artist’s countryThis wrap dress features Mitjili Napurrula's design, which 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