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Kunbowinjku (Fresh Water) 2022

Kunbowinjku (fresh water)

A new design made in 2022 featuring a mandjabu (fish trap), kunmadj (dilly bag) and fresh water weed.

 

‘This design is kunbowinjku – which is fresh water, kunronj. This is a mandjabu – fish trap which is floating in a creek. Fish will go in like yabby, long neck turtle and barramundi. This is a Kuninjku style of fish trap used for hunting. My father is from my Kuninjku side and he used this kind of trap. My mum is from my Kunibidji – Ndjebenna language side. This mandjabu is made from manylik grass.’

Raylene Bonson

Categories: Bawinanga Aboriginal Corporation

Name: Raylene Ngalamyorrk Bonson

Language: Ndjébbana, Kuninjku

Community: Maningrida

Biography:

Raylene Bonson is a talented textile artist, carving meticulous designs onto Lino tiles to print onto a range of fabric surfaces. She is known for printing Marebu (Pandanus Mat), Lorrkon ( Hollow Funeral Log), Kunmadj (dilly bag), and Wubbunj (Paperbark Canoe). 

In 2019 her Screen Print design Wubbunj (Paperbark Canoe) was licensed by Kip & Co and featured on a successful homewares range. In 2021, the same design was used to make a piece of contemporary furniture called Love Bench With Back, 2021 which was a collaboration by Daniel, emma and raylene and is currently on tour with .

Raylene 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's father came from Gunbalanya way. 

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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