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Bininj Niyoingai
Clinton’s sculpture depicts a Bininj Niyoingai, or “early days country-man” before white man came.
“Bininj Niyoingai could walk free and look for bush tukka.”
This sculpture interprets the curved body language of peering around a tree while hunting for animals. The hunter has painted themselves with “white ochre” to camouflage from kangaroo, and has a pandanus Jud-Jut (loin cloth).
Painted in acrylic in Yirritja style raark using a traditional jarlk brush. Crafted from PutPut (pronounced “but-but”) which is a lighter weight Kurrajong species found locally to the area.
