Wrap Top - Watiya Tjuta Merchandise my mother taught me my

my mother taught me my father's Tjukurrpa in the sand

This design by Herman Whiskey depicts the Kanka

painting helps me forget my troubles

across the landscape scarring the land

Wrap Top - Watiya Tjuta Merchandise my mother taught me myThis 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