November 2025

22514009055

Status: Stock

Socks – Kunjuri (Rainforest Shield) by Gregory Salt.

Traditional shields were carved from a single piece of timber cut from side of the buttress root of a rainforest fig-tree. The kidney shaped shields are unique to the rainforest Bama of Far North Queensland. They were decorated with clan, totem or moiety designs using natural ochres and a water, fat or blood binder.

Shields were primarily used for deflecting spears in tribal fighting in conjunction with large rainforest swords. They were painted by senior men and were a significant personal possession of adult males.

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Material

70% Cotton

30% Nylon/elastane

 

Care instructions

Warm machine wash.

Do not bleach. Do not iron.

Do not tumble dry.

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By CompNet Systems, ago

22514009053

Status: Stock

Christmas Socks – Maja Dikal (Rainforest Birds) by Laurence Gibson.

This design shows Jarruka (Scubfowl), Diwan (Scrub Turkey) and Kurranji (Cassowary)

In Kuku Yalanji language we call scrub turkey ‘Diwan’. When I was a young man I used to take my sons out hunting Diwan in the rainforest. We used to hunt them with a spear and cook them traditionally over an open fire. Diwan tastes very similar to chicken but has much more flavour.

The scrubfowl is a culturally significant Totem to our people. We still dance it in public ceremonies. The scrubfowl dance starts off with two male dancers as scrubfowl characters guarding the nest and eggs.  Then the women dancers come in. They are on the lookout for scrubfowl nests and carry dillibags for the eggs. The women chase the scrubfowl guards away, fill up their dillibags with the precious eggs. At the end, the male scubfowl dancers join the women again and celebrate the harvest to say thanks for the eggs.

The cassowary is my totem. My mother’s sister handed it down to me when I was a young boy. I perform the cassowary dance in public ceremonies. As a young men, I was part of the Yalanji Dance group and was invited to Hong Kong to perform our traditional dance cycles including the cassowary dance.

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Material

70% Cotton

30% Nylon/elastane

 

Care instructions

Warm machine wash.

Do not bleach. Do not iron.

Do not tumble dry.

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By CompNet Systems, ago

22514009052

Status: Stock

Socks Karrangkal (Corals of the Great Barrier Reef) by Margaret Rocky

Our beautiful Yalanji coastline has many places where the rainforest and the reef come very close together. The colourful corals on this fabric is a reminder of the rich ocean environments of the Great Barrier Reef that have nourished generations of our Kuku Yalanji families and culture.

This design helps to convey the traditional knowledge and complex histories of how Kuku Yalanji used to live with the ocean, including the social rules and practical knowledge of how to hunt and cook various sea animals, distribute food and how to make important material cultural objects such as fish hooks, various traps etc.

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Material

70% Cotton

30% Nylon/elastane

 

Care instructions

Warm machine wash.

Do not bleach. Do not iron.

Do not tumble dry.

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By CompNet Systems, ago