Girringun Tea Towel Featuring Wattle Artwork by Ninney Murray

Description

Wattle Linen Tea Towel by Ninney Murray

• Wattle Tea Towel from Girringun Aboriginal Art Centre, Far North Queensland
• This teatowel is hand screen printed in water based inks onto natural European linen.
• Dimensions: Height 70.5 cm x width 50 cm
• Artwork by Ninney Murray a Jirrbal/ Girramay woman. She is based in the Jumbun Aboriginal Community of the Murray Upper area, North-West of Cardwell, Queensland.
• Wattle Story – This is a calendar painting and tells the story of how the old people knew when to eat certain foods.  When the wattle flowers in winter they know that is the best time to eat Barramundi, black brim, eel, jew fish – all kinds of fish.  This is when the fish are fat, the fat goes through the meat, and it is the best time to eat them.
• Girringun Aboriginal Art Centre are members of the Indigenous Art Code