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Makéddja (Turtle) and Yérda (Sea weed)

Makéddja means turtle in the Ndjébbana language of the Kunibidji people of Maningrida.

 

 

Categories: Bawinanga Aboriginal Corporation

Name: Verity Bangarra

Language: Ndjébbana, Gunbalang

Community: Maningrida

Biography:

Verity is an emerging artist at Babbarra Women's Centre. She has been coming to the centre since 2003 when she learned screen printing in the first Babbarra Designs workshop. 

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