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Throw Rug – Nelly Patterson – Seven Sisters

$130.00 inc. GST

Knitted 100% cotton throw rug,  generous size. A beautiful quality product that has a lovely soft texture. It also has weight and will give you warmth.

Ideal for use as a knee rug, a baby, a gift, to jazz up a couch or bed, anywhere that you want a touch of beauty. Wonderful as a gift.

This throw is fully reversible being subtly different and beautiful on each side.

The stunning design is from a painting by senior Anangu Pitjantjatjara Aboriginal artist Nelly Patterson from Mutitjulu in the Northern Territory.

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Description

  • Size: 125 x 150 cm
  • Composition: 100% cotton – knitted
  • Colour: the photos are colour accurate, this is a lovely rug
  • Eco label has information about the artist and the design

Artist: Nelly Patterson from Mutitjulu community adjacent to Uluru (Ayers Rock) in the Northern Territory.
Design: Kankurrangkalpa (Seven Sisters)

Royalty fees are paid to the artist for every sale.
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Design Story:
Nelly has an intimate knowledge of the Seven Sisters Story–an epic Tjukurpa (creation) story in which a man, Wati Nyiru chases seven sisters across the whole of Australia.The sisters started in Whyalla. Wati Nyiru chased them down to Port Augusta and wouldn’t leave the sisters alone. He wanted to marry the big sister. The sisters left in the middle of the night to try and get away from him while he was sleeping. When Wati Nyiru woke, he wondered where the sisters had gone, but he soon was on their trail again, and found them near Canberra. The eldest sister was worried – she knew he was there again, watching the sisters while they camped. Nelly explains that Wati Nyiru was a ‘mad one,’ he knew they were scared, but he still followed them. Wati Nyiru got very close to the sisters. The eldest sister was secretly signalling to the sisters that he was nearby, so as to not let Wati Nyiru know she was aware he was there.The man, Wati Nyiru, was singing about how much he wanted the big sister. He did too much dancing, that man, and the sisters ran away. He loved all the girls.The girls kept running. This painting depicts some of the places where the sisters camped.

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Made by Better World Arts, an Australian social enterprise that is Fair Trade certified.

Better World Arts has been operating for over two decades. Our role models were Oxfam, Fred Hollows (the Fred Hollows Foundation) and Anita Roddick (The Body Shop).
We work with traditional artisans from remote regions in Kashmir, Peru, West Bengal, Uttar Pradesh and Nepal (Tibetan refugees).
We work with Australian Aboriginal artists from remote communities across Australia, from Arnhem Land to Central and the Western Desert regions, from rural locations and from cities.