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Manjabu (Fish Trap)

Manjabu are traditional fish traps, formed in cone like shapes they were commonly used in running water to trap the fish when the current was being pushed back the other way, resulting in trapped fish. These were important and easy to use in order to bring food home for family. Though easy to use, creating Manjabu were a timely process due the size of them and time used to collect and create. Materials used to create Manjabu are often from Kurrajong (bush string), bush cane or jungle vine. 

Name: Enosh Biriya (Wurrkidj)


Language: Kunwinjku


Community: Maningrida


Biography:

"My grandfather James taught me when I was a little boy, when I was seven or eight years old. I was at the outstation Mumeka, my grandmother taught me about bush foods, and my grandfather taught me the dreaming stories like Wamudjan, Djulng, Dillybag Ngalyod and Wak. They are the stories I can paint".


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