My Country and Me (Ngagenyji Nawiyangeny-nungu Daam - Ngayin)

A Collection of Fine Warmun Aboriginal Art

My Country and Me (Ngagenyji Nawiyangeny-nungu Daam - Ngayin)

A Collection of Fine Warmun Aboriginal Art

Australian Indigenous (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) artwork by LENA NYADBI of Warmun Artists. The title is Jimbirla. [WAC026/10] (Natural Ochre and Pigments on Canvas) Australian Indigenous (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) artwork by LENA NYADBI of Warmun Artists. The title is Jimbirla. [WAC026/10] (Natural Ochre and Pigments on Canvas)
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LENA NYADBI

Jimbirla
WAC026/10
Natural Ochre and Pigments on Canvas
 Jimbirla | WAC026/10
Natural Ochre and Pigments on Canva…
 60 x 80cm | 23.62 x 31.5in
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The vertical strokes in Nyadbi’s work represent jimbirla (spearheads). Jimbirla (Spearhead) country is Nyadbi’s father’s traditional land. It lies north of Warmun, towards Doon Doon Station. The ground is littered with extremely hard, sharp stones. Gija people used to wrap their feet in paper bark or calico when hunting kangaroos in the hills, to stop the stones from cutting their feet. Jimbirla (spearheads) were traditionally made of this rock and later of glass. Jimbirla are attached to garlumbu (spear shafts) using spinifex resin and kangaroo sinew. Nyadbi says that in this country, you can find the many different coloured stones that were used to make jimbirla. In the early days people used to break them with a strong stick, to make the spearhead sharp.

The vertical strokes in Nyadbi’s work represent jimbirla (spearheads). Jimbirla (Spearhead) country is Nyadbi’s father’s traditional land. It lies north of Warmun, towards Doon Doon Station. The ground is littered with extremely hard, sharp stones. Gija people used to wrap their feet in paper bark or calico when hunting kangaroos in the hills, to stop the stones from cutting their feet. Jimbirla (spearheads) were traditionally made of this rock and later of glass. Jimbirla are...