Categories: Tjanpi Desert Weavers
Tjanpi Desert Weavers
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Small round basket, soft purple/soft green
Name: Yuminia Kenta
Language: Pitjantjatjara
Community: Pukatja
Biography:
Yuminia Kenta is an artist belonging to the Pitjantjatjara language and cultural group and is from the remote community of Pukatja in South Australia. She currently resides in Mparntwe (Alice Springs) in the Northern Territory.
Yuminia comes from a weaving family, having being taught by her mother Imuna Kenta.
Yuminia often makes brightly coloured tinkas (lizards) and tjulpus (birds). Yuminia has a distinct sculptural style; raw and organic in appearance, with quirky shapes and forms. She enjoys experimenting with different positions for her sculptures – such as lying down marlu (kangaroo) or sitting papas (dogs).
Tjanpi Desert Weavers (Tjanpi meaning ‘wild grass’) is an award-winning, Indigenous governed and directed social enterprise of the Ngaanyatjarra, Pitjantjatjara and Yankunytjatjara Women’s Council (NPYWC). Tjanpi empowers over 400 women across a 350 000 square km area of the tri-state region of NT, SA and WA to earn an income and remain in their communities on Country.