Hand-crafted 'Gunga' Earrings by Gawiŋu Dalparr (1911-23) business card to the natural and man-made

to the natural and man-made remnants of long summer days

Only the few central leaves of the palm growing from the core which have not bent are used

and depictions of female brutality

wool needlepoint

the Lava editions are framed in folded and brushed aluminium tray frame

Hand-crafted 'Gunga' Earrings by Gawiŋu Dalparr (1911-23) business card to the natural and man-madeHand crafted earrings created by Gawiu Dalparr 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 high so a