Papa Tjukurrpa (Dog Dreaming) - Doris Day Dress - Greens

Papa Tjukurrpa (Dog Dreaming) - Doris Day Dress - GreensThis Doris Day shift dress is printed with Pam Brown's design, which depicts the Papa Tjukurrpa the Dog Dreaming. The country for this Tjukurrpa is at Nyuman, a little outstation three hours south west of Kintore. The dog lives at this place and can be seen as a rock. Pam painted the men's ceremonial design associated with the Dog Dreaming the diamond shape painted onto the men's bodies during ceremony. Pam Brown was born in Papunya in 1960 and was

on their way to women’s business

I was born

from rural locations and from cities

I have been back for visits but never lived there again in my country

This Audrey top is printed with Lisa Multa's design

The tjikamamta (porcupine) is Alice's own personal tjukurrpa (dreaming)

Lightweight and unlined - a statement layer

Benita Multa and others

You can see them everywhere in between the big desert oak trees

finishing just above the knee

situated close to Kintore on the Western Australian border

also painted this same country