Kundung, Dird dja Kinhkinh (Sun, Moon shops and stars) by Michael Naborlhborlh on Cotton Linen

Hand screen-printed hanky linen natural fabric
This fabric is 55% linen 45% cotton, 137cm wide, 200gsm
The base cloth colour is natural, a nice oatmeal colour and we have used 2 screens, yellow and red ink.

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Fabric designed and hand-printed by our members in our workshop in Gunbalanya in West Arnhem Land, NT.

The Designer: Michael Naborlhborlh

The Design:
Kundung, Dird dja Kinhkinh (Sun, Moon and stars)
Using his meticulous single line rarrk (hatching), Michael has created an enjoyable composition depicting Kundung (sun), Dird (moon) and Kinhkinh (stars). His design has an almost cosmic and glimmering quality, which expresses the nature of the ancient story it holds. shops
This story is about new beginnings. The moon is a crescent, at the start of a new monthly cycle. Dird is an important creation ancestor for Kunwinjku people. He had an argument with Djabbo (Quoll) over the fate of humanity. The quoll said that when people die, they should die forever and not return to earth, but the moon disagreed.

Moon lost the argument and went to live in the sky. The quoll stayed on earth and thereafter humans would ‘finish' with death. The moon dies and returns anew, waxing and waning each month.
During the day the sun shines in the sky and gives life. When we are travelling in the dark the moon and stars give us light, they light up the ground where we are walking. Looking at the sky tells us where we came from and where we will return.