Wool,Silk scarf - 200x70 cm-DYM975

SKU: BDYM975PWS

$109.09 (excl. GST)

FAMILY AND COUNTRY
This painting is a detailed depiction of a dry season in Damien’s homeland, Mount Liebig. It illustrates aspects of the landscape and culture as told to Damien by his great-grandmother and great-grandfather.

Women sit with their children collecting bush potatoes, represented by the cluster of red shapes at the bottom of the painting. They are talking and preparing for Inma. One man, a Wati, sits with his Waru and walks around making controlled bushfires. These burnings are undertaken carefully so that the spinifex clears, allowing good fruits to grow afterward.

The painting contains several symbolic elements. The small sun-like symbols represent women’s body painting — the designs they paint on each other in preparation for inma. A dry creek bed runs through the painting (shown in red and white), with cracks in the ground and claypans visible. Dried rockholes (Tjukula) and adjacent sandhills (Tali) are also depicted, highlighting the features of Damien’s Country.

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Description

  • Image design by an Australian Aboriginal artist
  • Royalties are paid to the artist once a month
  • 200 x 70cm
  • Made in India

WOOL SILK SCARVES:

  • 85% Australian Merino Wool, 15% silk
  • Packaging: Colour-printed cardboard box, artist info on the box

LENZIG MODAL SCARVES:

  • Fine Lenzing modal fabric (the eco alternative)
  • Packaging: cardboard wrap with string hang sell
  • Plastic free

 

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