Tjilkamala Rockholes Fabric - Red and Orange on Brown (Cotton) 50cm Fabrics the son of Ikuntji founding

the son of Ikuntji founding member Eunice Napanangka Jack and Gideon Tjupurrula Jack

Printed on 100% linen

drip dry in shade

This pinafore by Alice Nampitjinpa Dixon depicts Takupalangu

He was one of the first partners of the Papunya Tula art movement and a key figure for the Western Desert painting movement

Tjilkamala Rockholes Fabric - Red and Orange on Brown (Cotton) 50cm Fabrics the son of Ikuntji foundingAlice Nampitjinpa Dixon's design on this fabric depicts Takupalangu, west of Kintore her father Uta Uta Tjangala's Country of rockholes (puli) and sandhills (tali). Takupalangu is a big swamp filled with bush vegetables called mungilpa. When Alice was a small girl she travelled this Country with her family, her mother collecting mungilpa and pummelling it into damper. Alice's Tjukurrpa is the porcupine Tjilkamala scurrying about the rockholes and