Drawstring bag : After the Wet by Margaret Duncan

Drawstring bag : After the Wet by Margaret Duncan

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This cool drawstring bag is a must-have essential that can be worn as a backpack with drawstring closure at the top, and narrow, contrasting shoulder straps. Features original artwork by Aboriginal artist Margaret Duncan from the remote community of Urapunga in the Northern Territory, Australia.

  • 100% profits go to the artist
  • 100% spun polyester
  • One size: 15″ × 17″ (38.1 cm × 43.2 cm)
  • Fabric weight 7.22 oz/yd² (245 g/m²)
  • Maximum weight limit: 33 lbs (15 kg)
  • Twin cotton handles

This product is made-on-demand, which means we do not mass produce products. For this reason, shipping times can be up to 14 days and maybe shipped separately to other items in the same order.

 

After the Wet

Artwork by Margaret Duncan

"This painting I did is all about this wet season we just had. It was the biggest wet season. Because I went back after the wet, to Urapunga, and I went to this one billabong and I saw “Golly this water has gone up and so many lily roots here”. Lots of fish, lots of birds. Lots of different kinds of birds. Lots of animals, kangaroo, buffalo, pigs. They were all fresh. Because for maybe 3 or 4 years we hadn’t had that good rain.

I collected lily root too, it had been a long time since I’d had lily root. And I felt so good. It made me think about my mum. She loved doing this kind of thing, collecting lily root and making damper. She used to grind it with a stone and shake it to make flour come out, white one. En she would put it under she ashes in the fire. Oh, it tastes so good!" - Margaret Duncan