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Jin-gubardabiya

A large woven oblong mat, worn as a skirt or a shawl.*

Jin-gubardabiya is one of the most important An-nguliny clan designs.

The descriptive Gun-nartpa word jin-gubardabiya literally means ‘she who fans herself’ or ‘she who waves herself’. It is used to describe mermaids and it is sometimes used to refer to the conception spirits that live in the clan waterhole.

*Source: Burarra-Gun-nartpa Dictionary, Summer Institute of Linguistics, NT, 1994

All other information is sourced from: Gun-naypa Rrawa – My Country by Crusoe Batara England, Patrick Muchana Litchfield, Raymon Walanggay England and Margaret Carew; Batchelor Press, 2014, pp 14-17.

Categories: Maningrida Arts & Culture

Name: Doreen Jinggarrabarra

Language: Burarra (Anbarra)

Community: Maningrida

Biography:

Doreen Jinggarrabarra is a leading fibre artist at Maningrida Arts & Culture. After watching her mother Elizabeth Mipilanggurr during her childhood, Doreen began weaving in her early 20s. Jingarrarrabarra specialises in conical dilly bags (burlupurr), woven string bags and mats. She uses a range of natural fibres,  including pandanus, mirlarl (jungle vine/malaisia scandens), sedge grass and kurrajong. Unlike most West Arnhem weavers, she does not dye the fibres with natural pigments, preferring the subtly of the natural variations in colour and tone. She is renowned for her fine weave and intricate designs, which she attributes to learning from her mother. 

She is the Traditional Owner of the fish trap and confers approval to those artists who seek to produce these objects or depict the motif in their paintings. She is a cultural leader in her community, teaching younger generations of weavers and also regularly leads demonstrations and tours for visitors and tourists at the Djomi Museum and MAC. She also works closely with linguistics and academics who study Burarra language and Anbarra dialect.

Her works are held in important public and private collections, including the Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney.

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