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Mabu Mayi (Bush Food) on silk – Miss S.Chiguna

Mabu Mayi (Bush Food) on rust coloured silk by Miss S. Mangana Chiguna 

Lengths of handprinted screen printed fabric on 100% silk dupion 137cm wide

The base fabric is “rust” red in colour and is a two-colour print in black with cream details.

Miss Chiguna was a Walmajarri woman from Djugerari, a small community approximately 200 km outside of Fitzroy Crossing. Miss Chiguna had a cheeky vibrancy to her and brought a smile to those around her. With her family’s permission, we are happy to continue to celebrate her life through her art.

Mabu Mayi shows the bush tukka that Miss Chiguna found out on her Country in Djugerari. You can see bush turkey, grasshoppers and various seeds and nuts.

Name: Susan Mangana Chiguna


Language: Walmajarri


Community: Djugerari


Biography:

Mangana is a Walmajarri woman from Djugerari Community, approx. 120km south of Fitzroy Crossing in the Central Kimberley region of Western Australia.

She loves printing and stitching dolls. Mangana’s inspiration comes from her desert home.

 


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