Hand-crafted 'Gunga' Earrings by Djalanbuy Munyarryun (2345-23) handcrafted "Birthed from a broken heart

"Birthed from a broken heart

"Her rippling forms seem to twist into a vortex or follow an unravelling double helix pattern

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Night Parrot editioned print by Richard Lewer

Hand-crafted 'Gunga' Earrings by Djalanbuy Munyarryun (2345-23) handcrafted "Birthed from a broken heartHand crafted earrings created by Djalanbuy Munyarryun from the Buku Larrgay Mulka Centre, Yirrkala (North East Arnhem Land). The jewellery pieces are woven from gunga (Pandanus spiralis). The spiky pandanus leaves are sometimes difficult to harvest, followed by the careful task of flaying the leaves before hanging them to dry. Only the few central leaves of the palm growing from the core which have not bent are used. These can be ten or twenty feet