Art cushion cover 40 x 60 cm.
Removable with zipper.
Fabric: Fine art screen print on blue linen fabric, hand printed with eco-friendly inks by female artists from the Bàbbarra Women's Center in the Aboriginal community of Maningrida in Arnhem Land .
Plain natural linen fabric on the back.
Hand sewn in a Parisian workshop.
Machine wash cold possible.
Meaning of the fabric design :
Kun-madj is the Kuninjku Aboriginal term for large traditional 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 harvest of yams.
Beyond their practicality, collection bags have an important symbolic meaning for the inhabitants of Arnhem Land. In their culture, “dilly bags” are totemic objects and they are associated with particular sites in the landscape.
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Explanations for the fabric 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.
