Cultural warning: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples are advised that the following contains the names and voice of people who are deceased.  

Kamula tjuta is a work by Pitjantjatjara artist Iwana (Antjakitja) Ken in the Parliament House Art Collections.  

Iwana Ken learned spinning and weaving whilst living at the Uniting Church Mission in Ernabella, South Australia. In this work, Ken has sewn into the canvas to make an embroidery, which tells the story of her seeing a camel for the first time in the bush when she was a little girl.  

Iwana (Antjakitja) Ken  
Iwana Ken (1937-2014) was a senior Pitjantjatjara artist and ngangkari – a traditional healer. She was born north of Walytjitjatja and lived at Fregon, a small Aboriginal community located at the tri-state border of Western Australia, South Australia and the Northern Territory. She worked with Kaltjiti Arts Centre in Fregon for many years and was a finalist in the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Awards in 2009. Her work was exhibited widely across Australia and is held in the collection of the Art Gallery of South Australia.