Watiya Tjuta - Cotton Tablecloth by Mitjili Napurrula Shirt Kungkayunti is an important place

Kungkayunti is an important place for the travelling Tjukurrpa of the ancestral Arrernte women who travelled 600km from Ntaria (Hermannsburg) to Kintore

desert oaks and wild camels

from Arnhem Land to Central and the Western Desert regions

and has been painting since the beginning of the desert painting movement in the 1970s

Watiya Tjuta - Cotton Tablecloth by Mitjili Napurrula Shirt Kungkayunti is an important placeWatiya 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