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Papa Tjukurrpa (Dog Dreaming) – Doris Day Dress

This 1960s inspired shift dress is an easy to wear, comfortable every day dress featuring ‘Papa Tjukurrpa (Dog Dreaming)’ design by Pam Brown. The country for this Tjukurrpa is at Nyuman, three hours south-west of Kintore. It is a little outstation. The dog lives at this place and can be seen as a rock. Pam paints the men’s ceremonial design associated with the Dog Dreaming. The diamond shape is painted as body design onto the men’s bodies during the ceremony. 

This flattering A-line shape finishes just above the knee and features mid length sleeves and two scoop side pockets.

This dress is available in very limited quantities.

Treat this handmade garment with love and it will love you back! Cold machine wash, drip dry in shade, warm iron. Avoid the tumble dryer and dry cleaner.

Being handmade there may be some print variations, making each garment unique.

Hand printed and made in Sydney.

 

Fabric – Capsicum green and OP white on jersey cotton screen-printed by hand at Publisher Textiles

Categories: Ikuntji Artists

Name: Pam Brown

Community: Haasts Bluff

Biography:

Pam was born in Papunya in 1960 and grew up there attending the public school. She also attended Yirrara College in Alice Springs to further her education. Pam has two sons, Douglas Sampson and Taron Sampson and one daughter Kirralyn Sampson. Pam was taught to paint by her uncle Cameron Tjapaltjarri who was an acclaimed Papunya Tula Artist and by her aunt Leonie Kamutu, who still paints for Papunya Tjupi artist. Pam used to be a Health Worker in Kintore when she had a young family. 


Pam Brown now lives and paints in Ikuntji (Haasts Bluff) and is one of Ikuntji Artists rising stars. Her beautiful diamond-shaped paintings are Papa Tjukurrpa – Dog Dreaming. It is of Niyuman, east of Kintore and it is secret men’s business. This was her father’s Tjukurrpa. She participated in 2022 in a textile design workshop, during which she developed her first fabric-by-the-metre design that depicts the ceremonial body paint of the men for the Papa Tjukurrpa ceremony.

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