Damien and Yilpi Marks Quilted Buttoned Pouch

Carry a little piece of art and culture wherever you go. Our Quilted Button Pouch features a beautifully crafted Aboriginal artwork design, celebrating the stories, patterns and colours of Country. Each pouch is quilted for extra texture and durability, with a soft cotton lining and a secure button closure to keep your essentials safe.

FAMILY AND COUNTRY
This is a teaching painting depicting a dry season in Damien’s homeland, Mount Liebig, in the Northern Territory. It illustrates aspects of the landscape and culture as told to Damien by his great-grandparents.

Women sit with children collecting bush potatoes, represented by the red shapes at the top of the painting, while preparing for Inma (ceremony). One man, a Wati, sits with his Waru. Controlled burnings take place across the dry spinifex, encouraging good fruit growth.

The small star-like symbols represent women’s body paint, applied to each other for inma. A dry creekbed winds through the painting (shown in red and white), accompanied by cracks in the claypans, dried rockholes (Tjukula), and sandhills (Tali).

Details:

• 100% cotton with quilted finish
• Button closure
• Ethically made and designed in Australia
• Featuring authentic Aboriginal artwork (artist credited on tag)
  

size: 20 x 15cm