Hand-printed cotton, 145 cm wide
This is a high quality, 100 % cotton fabric 125 gsm - shirting quality
The base cloth is orange and the single screen print is hot pink.
Please note that the colour is more accurate in photo of the screen print table.
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All our fabrics are designed and hand-printed by our members in our workshop in Gunbalanya in West Arnhem Land, NT.
The design:
Artist Gabriella Maralngurra started her artistic apprenticeship at a young age, sitting with her grandfather the late Lofty Nadjamerrek AO at Kabulwarnamyo and Kamarrkawan outstations. Her style, with its parallel rarrk (hatching) in the old rock art style, reflects his influence and that of her father Gabriel Maralngurra.
Ngalkunburriyaymi or Yawkyawk is the Kunwinjku deals name for female water spirits with fish-like tails, who act as the guardians of sacred waterholes and Djang (Dreaming) sites. This design depicts a billabong brimming with animal and plant life. The central figure of Ngalkunburriyaymi swims alongside namarnkol (barramundi), which is regarded as belonging to her. She is surrounded by ngalmangiyi (turtles), kordbolbok (frogs), kedjebe (file snake), namardaka (eel-tailed catfish), karlerrh (longtom), wakih (freshwater shrimp) and mandem (waterlilies) of all different kinds. Ngalkunburriyaymi start out in tadpole-like form, also shown in this design. The fluid outlines of the design suggest the underwater setting complementing the infill of straight parallel rarrk (hatching) in the ancient rock art style.
Product code: Ngalkunburriyaymi (Water spirit) Design by Gabriella Maralngurra on deals cotton