Watiya Tjuta Embroidered Purse Fabrics Aboriginal artists in remote regions

Aboriginal artists in remote regions in Australia

Anmanari Nolan's design on this fabric depicts Kungkayunti - the place where the ancestral Arrernte women came to rest after travelling from Ntaria (Hermannsburg) to Kintore

She learned to paint in her mother's sacred country at Watarru in South Australia

This is her country and Dreaming

Watiya Tjuta Embroidered Purse Fabrics Aboriginal artists in remote regionsWatiya Tjuta means trees. Mitjili Napurrula spent her life painting the trees of the Western Desert. She passed away in April 2019. This carries her Watiya Tjuta design. Every purchase goes directly back to Mitjili's estate and the community of Haasts Bluff. 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 governedthe first art