An-gujechiya (Fish Trap) To make fish traps and fish net fences artists firstly get vine (mirlarl) from the jungle and they put it in water for one night to make it soft. Next they start weaving it; they make rings for the inside to keep the fish trap’s shape. Artists Read more…
An-gujechiya (Fish Trap) To make fish traps and fish net fences artists firstly get vine (mirlarl) from the jungle and they put it in water for one night to make it soft. Next they start weaving it; they make rings for the inside to keep the fish trap’s shape. Artists Read more…
Man-ngalinj (bush potato) Man-ngalinj is a root vegetable often described as ‘bush potato’. It’s duwa, the artist’s moiety. It has a bulbous root and a long thin vine with small flowers that grows across the ground or up the trunks of nearby trees. Large crops can be found near the Read more…
Banaka ‘digging stick’ This is a Jowunga design, associated with Mick England’s mother country of Barlparnarra.
Miwal Stanley is part of the Marrangu people, who share a songline that stretches from Ritjarrngu country on the Gulf of Carpentaria right up towrads the East to Raymanggirr, a place close to Gapuwiyak owned by Balkarranydji, who are another Marrangu clan. This songline celebrates the travels of Djarwarri, the Read more…
Banaka ‘digging stick’ This is a Jowunga design, associated with Mick England’s mother country of Barlparnarra.
