Watiya Tjuta - Women's Velvet Toiletry Bag (Black on White)

Watiya Tjuta - Women's Velvet Toiletry Bag (Black on White)Watiya 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

She paints her country

gently scooped neckline and voluminous gathered sleeves for a bold silhouette

The seeds can be found in the sand

I was born

Virgillia was born in 1990 in Alice Springs

Focusing on the relationship between land and sky

The circles represent waterholes scattered across the Country

I grew up in Haasts Bluff

Eunice Napanangka Jack's design is printed on this flared skirt

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

It flowers soon after the rain in the sandhills and has a very sweet taste

Beautifully made in fine modal a fibre derived from nature