Women's Business - Shift Dress - Copper on Petrol (Silk) Clothes tailored darts and a long

tailored darts and a long waistline

She began painting at Watiyawanu after her marriage

Twelve assorted coloured pencils come in a convenient cylindrical holder

Kungkayunti is an important place for the travelling Tjukurrpa of the ancestral Arrernte women who travelled 600km from Ntaria (Hermannsburg) to Kintore

Those women turned into stone and can be seen today

Women's Business - Shift Dress - Copper on Petrol (Silk) Clothes tailored darts and a longThis shift dress by Mavis Marks depicts the Women's Business Story the ceremonial dancing of the women at Watiyawanu (Mt Liebig) and their body painting designs. Mavis was born in 1945 at New Haven and moved to Ikuntji as a teenager. She began painting at Watiyawanu after her marriage, returning to Ikuntji after the death of her husband. Her designs have walked international fashion weeks. A 1960s inspired shift dress in a flattering A line