‘Birndany’ (stingray) earrings (mirror blue)

Birndany is the Yawuru word for stingray.

These earrings were designed by Yawuru-Karajarri artist Martha Lee.

Stingray are an important food source for Yawuru people and are nice and fat for eating in Laja Season, around October-December.

Mirror blue acrylic with a lilac organic circle and stainless steel post. The photos struggle to capture their beauty. They are bright blue metallic.

Approx. 8cm in length.

Nagula Jarndu (Saltwater Woman) is a not-for-profit 100% Aboriginal owned and managed art centre with a focus on contemporary hand printed textiles.

The earring designs have come from those textile prints.

The earrings are laser cut acrylics that are hand painted with stainless steel findings.

Nagula Jarndu earrings are hand made in Broome, Western Australia