Fabric Length, 1 m, Linen, Aboriginal Art, Hand printed, White, Trees Design, Mitjili Napurrula, Ikuntji Artists, Australia, deals sewing

Iconic design hand screen-printed on quality fabric.
This is genuine hand printed fabric designed by an Aboriginal artist from Haasts Bluff in Central Australia and produced by Ikuntji Artists.
Fabric color: White
Ink color: Black
Base cloth: 100% Tuscany linen
Length: 100 cm (39 inches) Width: 145 cm (57 inches)
Weight of base cloth: 210 gsm
Tuscany linen is a lovely medium weight linen with good feel and strength. Excellent for both clothing and homewares.

The photos of clothing show this design in a different color made into clothing and available here from Magpie Goose: https://magpiegoose.com/products/bush-skirt-watiya-tjuta
It gives you a sense of scale.

Design:
Mitjili paints her fathers Tjukurrpa, the ceremonial spear straightening in Uwalkari country (Gibson desert region). The Watiya Tjuta (acacia trees) are the trees that are used to make these spears. Uwalkari country is abundant with Watiya Tjuta, as well as sand hills and other plants.
This story was passed down to her by her mother; she remembers, “After I got married, my deals mother taught me my father's Tjukurrpa in the sand, that's what I'm painting on the canvas”. Mitjili and her brother Tjupurrula both inherited the right to paint works related to Ilyingaungau in the Gibson Desert. This site, south of Walungurru (Kintore), some 520kms west of Mparntwe (Alice Springs), is where the artist's Mutikatjirri ancestors assembled their kulata (spears) for a conflict with the Tjukula men.
The artist is paid royalties for every metre printed.
Mitjili is a member of Ikuntji Artists, Haasts Bluff, Northern Territory, Australian (Etsy won't accept that as the location, so we wrote Alice Springs).

Printed by:
Publisher Textiles & Papers in Sydney is one of Australia's leading print houses. Focused on producing original patterns through traditional hand-screen printing methods they create bold and colourful textiles, hand printed wallpaper, clothing and fabric. www.publishertextiles.com.au

Fabric care instructions: Gentle cold hand wash only. Do not bleach, do not tumble dry, cool iron only.