Bathi are woven from the split leaves of the Screw Palm (Pandanus Spiralis). Coil weaving was introduced to Arnhem Land in the 1930s. It was adapted from techniques used by Indigenous women throughout South East Australia.
Name: Evonne Munuyngu
Language: Mandhalpuy
Biography:
Born at Mirrngatja outstation on the Eastern edge of the Arafura Swamp and later moved to Galiwin’ku. Mununyngu married at an early age and moved to Galiwin’ku with her father. Her husband, an elder Rittharrngu man, died at Gapuwiyak (Lake Evella). They had no children.
At Galiwin’ku township she attended school at Shepherdson College, being taught by Kevin Rrurrmbu, Don Graham and Cindy Graham. She was a bright student and became fluent in English.
Before her mother died, she taught Munuyngu many things, especially how to weave a great range of fibre pieces.
After her father’s death (her husband had also died), she came to live at Ramingining to be near her brother and sisters.
Nawarlah (Brown River Stingray) Aboriginal art in Ramingining, Central Arnhem Land is commonly illustrated through designs and images of animals, plants, and landscape. These motifs commonly reflect the artists ancestral inheritance and their dreamings and Read more…
Djerrk (Bush String Bag) Djerrk are primarily made from the bark of Baḻgurr (Red-flowered Kurrajong – Brachychiton megaphyllus) but sometimes Banyan tree (Ficus virens) and Cocky Apple tree (Planchonia careya). Sections of the tree are Read more…
Djerrk (Bush String Bag) Djerrk are primarily made from the bark of Baḻgurr (Red-flowered Kurrajong – Brachychiton megaphyllus) but sometimes Banyan tree (Ficus virens) and Cocky Apple tree (Planchonia careya). Sections of the tree are Read more…