Dorcas Tinnimai Bennett Papa Dog Sculpture Andrew Baker This compelling and personal narrative

This compelling and personal narrative is a crucial contribution to the history of the Papunya art movement and the broader desert art movement

Tread softly on our lands

and future of the science

from Eyre Peninsula

Dorcas Tinnimai Bennett Papa Dog Sculpture Andrew Baker This compelling and personal narrativeThis hand crafted grass, wool and raffia 'Papa Dog' sculpture is made by artist Dorcas Tinnimai Bennet, a member of the Tjanpi Desert Weavers, This extraordinary collective is made up of over 400 Aboriginal women artists from 26 remote communities across the Ngaanyatjarra Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara (NPY) lands. Made from raffia, wool and native grasses known as tjanpi in the Pitjantjatjara language, each piece is a unique expression of culture,