Status: Stock
Birndany is the Yawuru word for stingray. These earrings were designed by Yawuru-Karajarri artist Martha Lee.
Stingray are an important food source for Yawuru people and are nice and fat for eating in Laja Season, around October-December.
Handcrafted from acrylic with a stainless steel post.
Size: length approx.7cm.
All our earrings use stainless steel, nickel free findings.
Name: Martha Lee
Language: Karajarri, Yawuru
Community: Broome
Biography:
Martha Lee is a Yawuru and Karrajarri woman from Broome.
Martha is one of Nagula Jarndu’s senior artists and has been with the art centre since the 1980’s. Martha’s work is strongly influenced by the six Yawuru seasons- Laja. Man-gala, Marrul, Wirralburu, Barrgana and Wirlburu and she creates work built around what is happening during that time- bush tukka and medicine that is in season, weather patterns, fishing and hunting events and animal life. She has been taught to respect these seasonal changes and understand the practices required at that time- what food to eat, where to camp, tides to fish etc. Martha has a strong sense of pattern and linework in her art and uses these elements to represent patterns on country - tidal lines, wind tracks in the desert sand, or marks made by creatures as they travel across the land and sea.
Status: Stock Large Purse Hand sewn in Broome from hand screen printed fabrics designed by Nagula Jarndu artists