Wrap Top - Watiya Tjuta Option:Large the younger brother behind)

the younger brother behind)

Do not bleach

Yarn dyed and machine woven

The Aboriginal artist Mick Namarari Tjapaltjarri (c1923-1998) was ‘one of the pillars of contemporary art practice’ (Hetti Perkins

Virgillia was born in 1990 in Alice Springs

Wrap Top - Watiya Tjuta Option:Large the younger brother behind)This wrap top 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 continue