Bag
Art Centre notes: The basket/bag is made of natural raffia and jute.
It is made using a traditional ‘one twist’ method. It has a thin strap.
The dyes are commercial and colour fast.
Size of bowl: 8cm x 15cm
Length of strap: 50cm
Bayaderra swimming towards the river bank’s sand ridge to lay eggs after a cultural burn off on country. The burn-off creates a clear path for the Broad shell or Long Neck turtle to lay eggs The wattle blooms it’s flowers then the grubs come up out of the ground. The rain comes after that and the ironbark blooms and its the start of a new season. The turtle is carrying a Nulla Nulla to represent being ready for hunting.
Aboriginal art in Ramingining, Central Arnhem Land is commonly illustrated through designs and images of animals, plants, and landscape. These motifs commonly reflect the artists ancestral inheritance and their dreamings and are referred to as totems.
For this, Serena has woven a stingray.