Meet The Cungelella Rug — a recycled cotton throw rug featuring the incredible Kalkatungu Country artwork by Cungelella Art, painted exclusively for Salty Aura.
Created in collaboration with Cungelella Art this very special design brings their artwork to life as one of our signature 100% recycled cotton woven throw rugs.
The story behind the artwork, in the words of 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."
Woven from 100% recycled cotton, The Cungelella Rug has a reversible woven design with contrasting colours on the reverse, giving you two different looks in one.
This is one of those rugs that can end up just about anywhere. Throw it over the couch or across your bed at home, take it outside as a picnic rug or beach blanket, or roll it up and chuck it in the car as a camping blanket for weekends away, caravanning, van life and road trips around Australia.
Salty Aura has been designing our signature woven throw rugs in Australia since 2018, creating colourful, practical pieces made to move between home and the outdoors.
Why you'll love it
• Material: 100% recycled cotton
• Collaboration: Created in collaboration with Cungelella Art
• Artwork: Kalkatungu Country
• Designed: Artwork painted exclusively for Salty Aura
• Large: 160 × 200cm
• Design: Reversible woven design with contrasting colours on the reverse
• Versatile: Use as a throw rug, picnic rug, beach blanket, camping blanket or bed throw
• Perfect for: Home, beach days, picnics, camping, caravanning, van life and road trips
• Packaging: Plastic-free packaging
• Giving back: 5 meals donated for every item sold
A very special piece of Cungelella Art, woven into a rug made to be used and loved.
Please note we try our best to represent the true colour in photos, but they may look slightly different in certain lighting.
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Spot clean when possible. Hand wash in cold, soapy water and hang to dry. Avoid harsh detergents and fabric softness. Avoid machine washing, but If its necessary use a delicate cycle. The rug may shrink 10% once washed, but will expand again after use. They soften with each wash like other throw blankets. The rugs are woven, so be careful when using around sharp objects (pointy rings, car keys etc) so you don't pull any threads. Some people use them on the ground to brighten up their room, however please don't vacuum the rugs.
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NZ 12-14 days.
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Perfect size and looks amazing on my bed! I love how versatile it is. I get complimented on it all the time!
I love it, its not quite as bright as it looks online which is fine, the quality is lovely and it looks fab on my caravan bed as a throw.
We love using our first Salty Aura in the caravan so much we purchased another for home. Love the colours and design of this one even more than the first
The material is lovely and the pattern/colours are exactly like the pictures. I’ve had so many compliments from friends since getting this
Fantastic
introducing
Salty Aura was the first of its kind to turn the humble indoor throw into an everyday outdoor essential. We began designing woven throw rugs in Australia in 2018 after we struggled to find colourful, versatile throws we wanted to take travelling ourselves. What started as a rug for our own road trips has grown into more than 50 original Salty Aura designs, used in homes, vans, campsites and on adventures across Australia.
Our throws are woven from 100% recycled cotton and designed to move easily between home and the outdoors. From couches and beds to beach days, picnics, camping and road trips.