NOS Placemats TJAPUKAI DJAPUKAI Australia Aboriginal Mythology Designs Unique

Description: Nrichments eBay store supplies beautiful items which can be used to enhance life. These new, old stock aboriginal art placemats each feature a unique ethnic Kuranda Queensland, Australia, design are slightly glossy, with a cork back. Useful, durable and no two are alike. They are in the colors of the land. each one in similar color scheme and feature designs evocative of the mythology, animals and figures meaningful to the people indigenous to the land. They are 8” x 11” and in the original box. Bright strong colors with a cork backing Only the original box shows some wear, shelf wear. These are well made and of substantial weight. I’ve understated the weight to help with these ridiculous shipping costs! Yikes! The side of the box has Galarrwuy Yurupingu . Here’s more about them. Galarruwuy Yunupingu AM, also known as James Galarrwuy Yunupingu, is a leader in the Aboriginal Australian community, and has been involved in the fight for Indigenous land rights in Australia throughout his career. He is a Yolngu man of the Gumatj clan, from Arnhem Land in the Northern Territory. Wikipedia Born: June 30, 1948 , Gove Peninsula, East Arnhem, Australia Parents: Mungurrawuy Yunupingu The Djabugay people (also known as Djabuganydji or Tjapukai) are a group of Australian Aboriginal people who are the original inhabitants of mountains, gorges, lands and waters of a richly forested part of the Great Dividing Range including the Barron Gorge and surrounding areas within the Wet Tropics of Queensland. MYTHOLOGY The Djabugay word for their ancestral times, beyond their living memory, (also known as 'Story time' or 'Dreamtime') is bulurru[7] being a time when, for instance, it is told the Rainbow Serpent Gudju Gudju, in the form of a giant carpet snake (aka Budadji) traveled through the country, bartering with families along the way exchanging coastal nautilus shells for rainforest products such as dilly bags, his body creating within the landscape everything from Yaln giri (Crystal Cascades) to Ngunbay (Kuranda), moving through the Mowbray River to the hill at Port Douglas, finally coming to rest at Wangal Djungay (Double Island)[8][9] In one account, he was killed by emu men at 'Din din ( the Barron Falls), an incident which unleashed the powerful monsoonal rains on the region.[10] There were also 2 Bulurru dreamtime brothers, Damarri and Guyala, who laid down the contours, created the plant foods, established the customary law and the system of clan marriage by moieties. The contours of the Barron River and Redlynch Valley, for example, are thought of as representing the supine body of Damarri. The tale of Budadji's travels along the Barron Gorge is included in the web guide of Queensland Rail to the railways journey from Cairns to Kuranda  This will be shipped carefully packaged, with bubble wrap and double boxing.  All items are free returns within 30 days, just select changed mind, a label will be provided. I think you will love this, but the option is there, and free.  International Buyers – Please Note:  Import duties, taxes, and charges are not included in the item price or shipping cost. These charges are the buyer's responsibility.   Please check with your country's customs office to determine what these additional costs will be prior to bidding or buying.

Price: 99 USD

Location: Ryderwood, Washington

End Time: 2024-04-02T01:44:48.000Z

Shipping Cost: 18.4 USD

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Restocking Fee: No

Return shipping will be paid by: Seller

All returns accepted: Returns Accepted

Item must be returned within: 30 Days

Refund will be given as: Money Back

Number of Items in Set: 6

Antique: No

Pattern: Tjapukai Aboriginal Dance Art

Shape: Rectangular

Occasion: All Occasions

Size: M

Color: Multicolor

Material: Cork

Item Length: Less Than 40 in

Brand: Tjapukai

Type: Placemat Set

Department: Unisex

Care Instructions: Hand Wash Only

Original/Licensed Reproduction: Original

Number in Pack: 6

Theme: Art, Mystical, Animals & Dinosaurs, Fantasy, Fairy Tales, Flowers & Plants, Historical Figures, Music, Periods & Styles, Topographical & Souvenir

Style: Aboriginal Australia Dance

Features: Hand Painted, Stain Resistant

Time Period Manufactured: 1980-1989

Country/Region of Manufacture: Australia

Item Width: Less Than 10 in