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This Doris Day shift dress by Alison Napurrula Multa depicts the kungkaku puturru - the hairstring women make from their own hair for ceremony. In the older days, women cut their own hair and spun it on their thighs to create string for dancing, ceremony and domestic purposes. Kungkaku puturru is connected to Kungkayunti (Brown's Bore) - the place where the ancestral women who travelled from Ntaria (Hermannsburg) stopped and danced. Kungkayunti means women dancing.
Alison was born in Alice Springs and moved with her mother back to her Country near Haasts Bluff. Her ngurra is Kungkayunti, 120km west of Ikuntji - country full of sandhills, desert oaks and wild camels. She has travelled to Singapore and Korea with her art.
A 1960s-inspired shift dress in a flattering A-line silhouette, finishing just above the knee. Mid-length sleeves and two scoop side pockets.
Hand-screen printed in Australia. This is not fashion inspired by Aboriginal art. This is Aboriginal art, worn.
Every purchase from Ikuntji Artists goes directly back to the artist and the community of Haasts Bluff. Ikuntji Artists Aboriginal Corporation is 100% Aboriginal owned and governed - the first art centre in the Western Desert founded by women, for women, in 1992.
Care: Cold gentle machine or hand wash, drip dry in shade, warm iron. Avoid tumble dryer and dry cleaner.
This Doris Day shift dress by Alison Napurrula Multa depicts the kungkaku puturru - the hairstring women make from their own hair for ceremony. In the older days, women cut their own hair and spun it on their thighs to create string for dancing, ceremony and domestic purposes. Kungkaku puturru is connected to Kungkayunti (Brown's Bore) - the place where the ancestral women who travelled from Ntaria (Hermannsburg) stopped and danced. Kungkayunti means women dancing.
Alison was born in Alice Springs and moved with her mother back to her Country near Haasts Bluff. Her ngurra is Kungkayunti, 120km west of Ikuntji - country full of sandhills, desert oaks and wild camels. She has travelled to Singapore and Korea with her art.
A 1960s-inspired shift dress in a flattering A-line silhouette, finishing just above the knee. Mid-length sleeves and two scoop side pockets.
Hand-screen printed in Australia. This is not fashion inspired by Aboriginal art. This is Aboriginal art, worn.
Every purchase from Ikuntji Artists goes directly back to the artist and the community of Haasts Bluff. Ikuntji Artists Aboriginal Corporation is 100% Aboriginal owned and governed - the first art centre in the Western Desert founded by women, for women, in 1992.
Care: Cold gentle machine or hand wash, drip dry in shade, warm iron. Avoid tumble dryer and dry cleaner.
