Kip&Co x Bábbarra Manwak Cushion (Woven)

MANWAK

Artist: Deborah Wurrkidj 

This beautiful product is part of the 2020 Kip&Co x Bábbarra special edition, a collaboration that has been two years in the making. The collection showcases the contemporary art of incredible artists from Bábbarra Women's Centre in Maningrida, and each artwork tells the ancestral stories of Arnhem Land countries and cultures. Profits will return to the Bábbarra Women's Centre. Bábbarra is governed by women, for women, to enable future enterprises that support healthy and sustainable livelihoods.

100% cotton woven cushion with fringe trim.

Same pattern on reverse.

Insert included & made from 100% PET recycled fibres.

Tips to stay beautiful: Hand or gentle machine wash separately, inside out. No dry cleaning please.

Size: 50cm x 50cm.

Manwak, 2017 ©Deborah Wurrkidj

This incredible artwork depicts the Manwak flower which grows near Mumeka creek, on the Deborah’s homeland. 
The beautiful large flower blooms during the mandjewk (wet season). It has deep green petals with a central red kernel which swells to the size of a berry. It is known for its long, sweeping petals which seem to dance in the winds. 
By dry season, the inside kernel resembles a strawberry in appearance and flavour, but is also very spicy so it burns our mouth. Kids and adults pick these berries enthusiastically when walking or going hunting on my country. The inside of the flowers are eaten fresh, a favourite manme (bush food) of Kuninjku people. 

“When I was painting this Manwak story, I was painting in Maningrida. In my head I was dreaming of being on my homeland, eating ripe Manwak berries.”