Description
Artist: FRANCES RRIKILI
Category: JEWELERY
Size/ medium: 78 necklace circumference diameter pendent / JEWELERY – Seeds and Seashells
Body adornment has a long history in Yolngu culture. Items made from locally collected materials including, seeds, nuts, shells and plant fibres are worn for ceremony or simply for every day use – in the words of artist Ruth Nalmarkarra “to make us pretty.”