Hand-crafted 'Gunga' Earrings by Gurrpulan Guyula (8169-22) Museum of Contemporary Art curator Leigh Robb

curator Leigh Robb

Richardson noticed what appeared to be Plaster of Paris powder on Margarito’s wraps

With less than 400 breeding pairs

from 30 July to 6 September

followed by the careful task of flaying the leaves before hanging them to dry

Hand-crafted 'Gunga' Earrings by Gurrpulan Guyula (8169-22) Museum of Contemporary Art curator Leigh RobbHand 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