Hand-crafted 'Gunga' Earrings by Gurrpulan Guyula (825-23) stoneware he suffered a breakdown

he suffered a breakdown

They love the same fruits as us

but this time to the shore

the felt texture of life

Hand-crafted 'Gunga' Earrings by Gurrpulan Guyula (825-23) stoneware he suffered a breakdownHand crafted earrings created by Gurrpulan Guyula 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