Ilordi earrings designed by Mayala artist Cecilia Tigan.
Cecilia is from in Ardyloon/One Arm Point on the Dampier Peninsula and ger work is strongly influenced by her late father, the renowned riji (ceremonial pearl carving) artist Aubrey Tigan whose shells are held in galleries and museums around the world. Like her father, Cecilia tells stories of her Mayala heritage, collecting pearl shells on the high tide, whirlpools and tidal movements, ancestral connections, traditional hunting techniques and tools and ocean food and medicine.
They measure approx. 4cm in diameter and have a gold glitter top with an orange and purple mirror with gold details main design.
All our earrings use stainless steel, nickel free findings.
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
