Tjunkita Napaltjarri

b. 1930, Rapalangya, Central Australia

Tjunkita was born at Rapalangya, north-west of the Kintore community, c. 1930. She is the third wife of Turkey Tolson’s father. She moved from Kintore to Haasts Bluff with her husband and then to the Papunya community when it was established. She participated in the Kintore/Haasts Bluff joint project at the beginning of her career but now paints solely for Papunya Tula. In 1999 Tjunkiya contributed to the Kintore women’s painting as part of the Western Desert Dialysis Appeal.