Yalka at Karrkurutinytja - Apricot and Pinks on Maroon (Cotton) 50cm Bags and Accessories Narputta Nangala Jugadai

Narputta Nangala Jugadai

My Grandmother used to say to me when I was younger: “One day you will paint

This fabric by Mitjili Napurrula depicts the Watiya Tjuta - the acacia trees of Uwalkari country in the Gibson Desert - used to make kulata (ceremonial spears)

In 2023 she made history at Afterpay Australian Fashion Week as the sole artist

Yalka at Karrkurutinytja - Apricot and Pinks on Maroon (Cotton) 50cm Bags and Accessories Narputta Nangala JugadaiThis fabric by Daphne Marks depicts the Yalka Tjukurrpa the Bush Onion Dreaming at Karrkurutinytja (Lake McDonald). Two old women gather bush onions at the creek bed and travel west, while another woman follows their tracks, collects mungilpa, and eventually becomes a rock at Kurultu. Daphne was passed down the right to paint this story from her grandmother Narputta Nangala Jugadai, Ikuntji's most senior and internationally recognised painter. Daphne