Kunbarinjku (Sp. ? Kunwinjku) A new design from 2022. Story Pending
Name: Raylene Ngalamyorrk Bonson
Language: Ndjébbana, Kuninjku
Community: Maningrida
Biography:
Raylene Bonson is a talented textile artist, specialising in linocut technique. She has been working with Bábbarra Designs since 2012 and now has a permanent role as an arts worker. Raylene was mentored by her late mother, Nancy Gununwanga, a senior textile artist at Bábbarra Designs and a founding member of Bábbarra Women’s Centre.
Raylene is well known for her designs depicting ancestral stories and ceremonial objects, in particular lorrkkon (hollow log for burial ceremony), kunmadj (dillybag) and mandjabu (conical fishtrap).
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