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The Cungelella Rug
The Cungelella Rug
The Cungelella Rug
The Cungelella Rug
The Cungelella Rug
The Cungelella Rug
The Cungelella Rug
The Cungelella Rug
The Cungelella Rug
The Cungelella Rug
The Cungelella Rug
The Cungelella Rug
The Cungelella Rug
The Cungelella Rug
The Cungelella Rug
The Cungelella Rug

The Cungelella Rug

Rated 4.9 out of 5
Based on 60 reviews
Regular price $177.00

This is a very special rug design, in collaboration with 'Cungelella Art'

"The title of this piece is kalkatungu country. We paint our traditional homelands heavily focusing on the landscape because it is very special to

us, this country is where our father and our mother call home, we were raised here

and its where we are raising our children also. I remember as a child always being surrounded by Aunties and uncles and now reliving fond memories of our numerous bush trips piled into the back of our 11 seater troop carrier, camped under the stars, eating bush tucker, and listening to family sing around the camp fire. This country is very rough and rugged, the heat has twisted and folded back on itself and the ochres have been pushed up from the

depths with gold and silver and many other minerals which gives us the most unique mineral belt in the world. The peach covered skies mixed with the blues pinks and purples, paints us the well known kalkadoon sunsets. 

The harsh Spinifex that covers the hillsides, the ghost gums that flourish among the intense red dirt where our Kalkadoon Warriors quarried famous green stone axes that were traded from the gulf to Adelaide to the west coast and the Daintree forest. 

On my mothers side of the family we have connections to sand-over river in central Australia NT where our great great grandmother Myrrdah was born. Our father who

is a strong kalkadoon man and being the first chairman of the kalkadoon nation lead the fight to win native title rights for the kalkadoon people. We draw inspiration from these connections and vivid memories in our lives which also allows us to use traditional shapes and symbols and an unrestricted palette to develop a modern contemporary interpretation of our traditional culture."

- Cungelella Art 

 Specs

  • Made with 100% recycled cotton 
  • 150 x 190cm 
  • Reversible design, beautiful pinks and earthy colours on the front. And ocean blues on the back, reminding us of a coral garden. 
  • Exclusively painted for Salty Aura 
  • Posted in plastic free packaging 

Pair with our Hemp Bed Linen

Please note we try our best to represent the true colour in photos, but they may look slightly different in certain lighting.

Check our FAQ page for care instructions and info about shipping, our brand, stockists, and sustainability. 


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Reviewed by LINDA D.
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Rated 5 out of 5

Outstanding design and colours

We are so pleased to purchase this rug. The design and colours are outstanding, and this is an amazing work of art, in collaboration with Cungelella Art from one of their original paintings, purchased by Salty Aura.

The Salty Aura designs just get better, and better. They had the original idea of designing rugs!

And part of their profits go towards helping produce fresh water filters and planting trees in other countries. The are wonderful humanitarians! The unselfishly deserved everything they work for.

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My daughter loved it

Very happy with my purchase for my daughter’s birthday, she loved it

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Rated 5 out of 5

Gorgeous

I am in love with this rug, the design and colours are stunning, even in reverse it’s just as beautiful! And as always true salty aura quality. This rug will be apart of many memory making events to come!

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Rated 5 out of 5

Its perfect

The most beautiful colours and quality is unmatched

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Reviewed by Lynn G.
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Rated 4 out of 5

A warming way to appreciate a unique telling of story.

The colours were beautiful and true to the picture in the advertising. Coming from the region that the artists calls their country I could relate to her story and understand the imagery used in the design. I wish Cungelella Art and their collaboration with Salty Aura the best. The rug was good value for money. The rug arrive very quickly and very well packaged with a lovely card that told the artists' story(so very important when buying First Nations' artists' pieces. The only disappointment was the item was made in China.

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The Cungelella Rug

Rated 4.9 out of 5
Based on 60 reviews