Watiya Tjuta Tiny Cosmetic Bag - Velvet Fabrics Benita has lived at Ikuntji

Benita has lived at Ikuntji and Brown's Bore all her life and began painting in 1999

You can see them everywhere in between the big desert oak trees

who passed down the right to paint it to her

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)

Watiya Tjuta Tiny Cosmetic Bag - Velvet Fabrics Benita has lived at IkuntjiWatiya Tjuta means trees. Mitjili Napurrula spent her life painting the trees of the Western Desert. She passed away in April 2019. This carries her Watiya Tjuta design. Every purchase goes directly back to Mitjili's estate and the community of Haasts Bluff. Every purchase from Ikuntji Artists goes directly back to the artist and the community of Haasts Bluff. Ikuntji Artists Aboriginal Corporation is 100% Aboriginal owned and governedthe first art