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Tjanpi Desert Weavers

Central Australia, Alice Springs

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Tjanpi Desert Weavers is a social enterprise of the NPY Women's Council representing over 400 artists from 26 communities on the Ngaanyatjarra Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara (NPY) Lands, with a gallery at 3 Wilkinson Street, Alice Springs. Artists work with natural plant fibre, including raffia, to make woven baskets, sculptures such as dogs, lizards and birds, wall hangings and jewellery.

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