The DSL indigenous strap is handmade in Australia from indigenous artwork printed fabric backed with black polypropylene webbing. The strap ends are made of hand-sourced highest quality medium weight leather and are rivet mounted.
Supplied in 2 inches width.
-Story-
This pain ng depicts the Marlu Jukurrpa (red kangaroo [Macropus rufus] Dreaming) from Yarnardilyi and Jurn (Mt Dennison area). ‘Marlu’ are highly valued as a food source by Warlpiri people. In the story of this pain ng an old ancestral kangaroo named Warlawee, who made its camp at Jurn and moves from place to place – hun ng during the day and returning at night to the camp, which it has formed by digging depressions in the so ground. Warlawee traveled around large areas of country looking for their preferred foods, which include ‘yukuri’ (fresh green growth) and ‘yulkardi’ (desert cucumber [Mukia micrantha]) a lowgrowing herb found underneath ‘mulga’ trees which is used by Warlpiri people for medicinal purposes. He is thinking about having a ceremony for men. Women are not permi ed to dance in this ceremony. This Jukurrpa is the custodial responsibility of Japaljarri/Jungarrayi men and Napaljarri/Nungarrayi women. In contemporary Warlpiri pain ngs tradi onal iconography is used to represent the Jukurrpa, par cular sites and other elements. Concentric circles are o en used in depic ons of this story to represent the rocks at Yarnardilyi. The arc shapes depict the kangaroo’s camp in the Jurn area and ‘E’ and hooked shapes usually depict the ‘marlu wirliya’ (kangaroo fore and hind footprints) while long, straight lines represent the ‘marlu ngirn ’ (kangaroo tail tracks).