Wool Rug | Mitjili Napurrula | Watiya Tjuta Tree | White and Black | 1.2 x 1.8m MCA catalogues About the exhibition

About the exhibition

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Wool Rug | Mitjili Napurrula | Watiya Tjuta Tree | White and Black | 1.2 x 1.8m MCA catalogues About the exhibitionThe Watiya Tjuta tree in Mitjili Napurrulas paintings is her fathers Tjukurrpa (dreaming) in Ilyingaungau country (Gibson Desert). This was passed down to her by her mother in the same way, drawing the story as it is told in the traditional way. These beautiful, unique rugs are a cross cultural collaboration combining Aboriginal designs and traditional Kashmiri rug making techniques. Chain stitched, using hand dyed wool and finished with a heavy