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Kunkurra (Spiral Wind) – Margot

Margot has depicted kunkurra, the spiralling wind associated with several sites in the Kardbam clan. On one level, this design can be interpreted as a depiction of the kinds of mini-cyclones common during the wet season in Arnhem Land. Kunkurra also relates specifically to a site called Bilwoyinj, near Mankorlod, on the artist’s clan estate.

At this site, two of the most important Kuninjku creation beings, a father and son known as na-korrkko, are believed to have hunted and eaten a goanna. They left some of the goanna fat behind at the site, which turned into the rock that still stands there today.

Bilwoyinj site is also a ceremonial ground for a ceremony called Yabbaduruwa, a major ceremony owned by the Yirridja patrimoiety. The Yabbaduruwa ceremony is primarily concerned with initiation, land ownership and promoting the cyclical regeneration of the human and natural worlds.

Categories: Bawinanga Aboriginal Corporation

Name: Margot Gurawiliwili

Language: Kuninjku

Community: Maningrida

Biography:

Margot Gurawiliwili is a senior weaver at Maningrida Arts and Culture, as well as an artist at Bábbarra Designs.

Margot is renowned for her bold designs, the consistency of her weave and her sophisticated sense of form. She is confident sourcing a diverse range of pigments from natural plant materials, such as leaves, roots and berries.

Margot is skilled in a number of weaving techniques, including coiling and twinning, and makes a range of functional and ceremonial objects, including baskets, dilly bags, string bags and mats.

Margot's ancestral stories include Ngalng (sacred yabby), Kalawan (goanna) and Wayuk (waterlily) and she often depicts these stories in her Lino print designs. 

 

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