Watiya Tjuta - Wrap Dress - White on Black (Linen) Option:Medium front zip and button closure

front zip and button closure

This project is unusual because it is owned by the artists

Medium: 3x5ft (91x152cm)

and have been made in collaboration with our ethical partners

Every purchase from Ikuntji Artists goes to the artist's estate and the community of Haasts Bluff

Watiya Tjuta - Wrap Dress - White on Black (Linen) Option:Medium front zip and button closureThis wrap dress by 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