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Jillan (Charcoal) used to create this soap is sourced from Girringun’s rainforest timbers.
Fire from which charcoal is derived, was and is important to the traditional owners of Girringun. There are may protocols and beliefs associated with fire and the tools used to create it.
Traditionally Jillan was used for painting the body and objects including bagu (firemaker), bigin (shields) and wangal (boomerang) and as a pacifier for teething babies.
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Hand screen printed in water based inks onto natural European linen.
Girramay artist Ethel Murray, this tea towel features the beautiful jewel of the rainforest – the kingfisher.
She say, “I like painting a lot of birds – I picked him out, the kingfisher, because he is short and round and it’s like he has a cap on. I see him there at home on the power line with two or three others – they must be his family – they are there all the time in the mornings and afternoon. Mostly they are there watching our lawn for our insects. He mostly hunts alone – he likes being by himself.”
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Hand screen printed in water based inks onto natural Loomstate 100% cotton Canvas. Genuine cowhide leather handles sourced from Australia.
Artwork by Girramay Traditional Owner Daniel Beeron, features on the Tote. It consists of the the traditional object “Jawun” and the material used to create the object “Bugul” or Lawyer cane vine.
The rainforest is a source of materials used in threir exquisite lawyer cane baskets.
Girramay, Jirrbal and Gulgnay weavers of Far North Queensland are well known for their lawyer cane bicornual baskets called Jawun. These lawyer cane baskets are still being made using traditional methods. they were an important p[art of everyday lives and were used to collect and carry bush food, babies, message sticks and many other objects.
Bugul is the local name for lawyer cane which is also known as wait-a-while. it climbs through the rainforest under-story in lengths of up to 100 meters and is covered in prickles and spikes which make it difficult to collect. Before it can be woven, the lawyer cane must be heat treated, split and shaved, a very labour intensive process.
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Unisex T-shirt featuring Minyipuru (Seven Sisters) design by Muuki Taylor
Slim fit, Crew neck
Light weight, 150 GSM, 100% combed cotton, preshrunk to minimise shrinkage
Available in Black, Grey and Charcoal
Sizes: S, M, L, XL, 2XL
Minyipuru is an important jukurrpa (dreamtime) story about seven sisters that are travelling through the desert, running away from Yurla, a lustful old man. The man chases the wanti (women) all the way from Roebourne on the west coast, right through Martu country before flying east across Australia. Along the way they stop at many significant sites to camp, sing, dance and collect bush tucker, leaving markers in the landscape along the way. The many events and interactions with Yurla chronicled through the story create a culturally rich narrative that is associated with the Pleiades star constellation.
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