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Dirrarn (Black Cockatoo) – Rowena Morgan

These earrings are designed by Kija artist Rowena Morgan.
Dirrarn are a common sight on Rowena’s Kija Country and to her, these birds represent great power and respect.
They measure approx. 4.5cm in width and 5cm in length and have either an orange mirror top or a black top, both with a black etched main design.
All our earrings use stainless steel, nickel free findings.
Please choose either orange or red tail feathers or buy both!

Categories: Nagula Jarndu Aboriginal Women's Art Centre

Name: Rowena Morgan

Language: Gooniyandi, Kija

Community: Halls Creek

Biography:

Rowena was born in Wyndham and grew up on Kija country in Halls Creek. She remembers spending time as a child sitting down in the dirt painting with her Grandmother, who taught her about important Kija knowledge and the stories she should paint. Rowena began learning printmaking at Nagula Jarndu in 2014, transferring her painting skills into block and screen-printed designs. Her artwork draws on aspects of her custodial country; the Lansdowne Ranges region of the East Kimberley; dry desert country, rocky riverbeds, spinifex grasslands and winding hillscapes and waterholes (full and drying up) and the creatures that inhabit these places. Rowena’s textiles are highly sought after and her choice of ochre and muted tones connects audiences further to her country and the specific colours it evokes. She is also a part-time artworker at Nagula Jarndu, facilitating artist studio support and skills development.

Rowena was the winner of the National Indigenous Fashion Award for Textile Design in 2023 and released her first Fashion collection in 2024. 

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