' Kun-madj ( Dilly Bags / Collecting Bags)'
Fabric design by Linda Gurawana
Vintage wooden screen, 180 x 140 cm
Fabric: Silkscreen art on natural linen and red linen fabrics, hand printed with eco-friendly inks by the women artists of 'Bàbbarra Women's Centre' in Maningrida (Arnhem Land, Australia).
Back in natural linen.
Entirely handmade in a Parisian workshop.
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Design meaning
Kun-madj is the Kuninjku term for large woven collection baskets, known as dillybags or collection bags. They are often made from the Burney creeper (Malaisia scandens), a strong, flexible plant that grows on the ground among brush formed after the monsoon.
Baskets are used to collect a variety of fairly heavy foods, such as fish caught in conical traps or a good crop of yams. Beyond their practicality, collection bags have an important symbolic meaning for the inhabitants of Arnhem Land. In their culture, “Dillybags” are totemic objects and they are associated with particular sites in the landscape.
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' Kun-madj ( Dilly Bags / Collecting Bags)' by Linda Gurawana
Vintage wooden screen, 180 x 140 cm
Fabrics: Hand screen-printed on linen at Bàbbarra Women's Centre' in Maningrida, NT, Australia.
Upholstered in Paris.
Back in natural linen.
Contact us to get a quote for transportation (or to organize collection at the gallery) and proceed to purchase the object.
Explanations for the design:
Kun-madj is the Kuninjku term for large woven collecting baskets, known as dillybags. They are often made from the burney vine (Malaysia scandens), a strong, pliable plant that grows along the ground and into the canopy of monsoon vine thickets.
The baskets are used to collect a variety of heavy foods, such as fish caught in conical fish traps or a good harvest of yams. As well as being of practical use, dillybags are of cultural significance to Arnhem Land people. Dillybags are totemic objects and they are associated with particular sites in the landscape.
Click here to learn more about the artists' ancestral stories
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