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In this design, Mitjili Napurrula 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 continue to live on in every piece that carries her name.
"After I got married, my mother taught me my father's Tjukurrpa in the sand, that's what I'm painting on the canvas."
A quilted buttoned pouch with a wooden button closure, made from upcycled organic cotton with recycled polyfill padding.
Every purchase from Ikuntji Artists goes to the artist's estate 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.
In this design, Mitjili Napurrula 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 continue to live on in every piece that carries her name.
"After I got married, my mother taught me my father's Tjukurrpa in the sand, that's what I'm painting on the canvas."
A quilted buttoned pouch with a wooden button closure, made from upcycled organic cotton with recycled polyfill padding.
Every purchase from Ikuntji Artists goes to the artist's estate 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.
