Kungkaku Puturru Fabric - Light Purple and Orange on Wine (Tencel Linen) 50cm Clothes from Arnhem Land to Central

from Arnhem Land to Central and the Western Desert regions

passed down to her by her mother

The two smaller circles connected by strong lines represent the chest paint of the older sister

This fabric by Alice Nampitjinpa Dixon depicts the trees of Talaalpi - Alice's own Country

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Kungkaku Puturru Fabric - Light Purple and Orange on Wine (Tencel Linen) 50cm Clothes from Arnhem Land to CentralThis design by Alison Napurrula Multa depicts the kungkaku puturru the hairstring women make from their own hair for ceremony. In the older days, women cut their own hair and spun it on their thighs to create string for dancing, ceremony and domestic purposes. Kungkaku puturru is connected to Kungkayunti (Brown's Bore) the place where the ancestral women who travelled from Ntaria (Hermannsburg) stopped and danced. Kungkayunti means women dancing.