Jemma Unghango Australian, Kwini, b. 1961
Jemma Unghango Australian, Kwini, b. 1961
Gwion Gwion, 2020
natural pigment on paper
76 x 56 cm
84102
This is a story of the Gwion Gwion (also known as Kira Kiro or Bradshaw figures). Some are hunters, and some are dancers, and some are the servants of the...
This is a story of the Gwion Gwion (also known as Kira Kiro or Bradshaw figures). Some are hunters, and some are dancers, and some are the servants of the Wandjina. Gwion Gwion figures are found in rock art around Kalumburu. They didn’t have brushes in the old days. Our ancestors used to draw with their hands or for paint brushes, they would use speargrass or chew the end of bush bamboo. They used kangaroo blood and red ochre as paint. For white paint they would mix the ochre with the red gum from the white tree.