Nalirri - Dry Season Mug
Nalirri - Dry Season Mug
Add some color to your routine with this two-tone, custom accent coffee mug. This mug features an accented C-Handle that is comfortable to use, as well as an accented interior.
- One size: 11oz (0.33 l)
- White ceramic with colored interior and matching C-shaped handle
- 2 color combinations to pick from
- Eye-catching color contrast
Artwork Description
Nalirri - Hot/Dry Season, during the dry season hot weather starves the country into drought, country is dry,
Waterholes or soakages a source of water in Australian deserts, called as such because the water seeps into the sand and is stored below ground, sometime as part of an impermanent river or creek. Waterholes can still be found across the desert, some in the form as rock waterholes hidden by overgrown foliage.
This artwork depicts country scarce of water, dry desert sand and the network of underground water catchments - the sand and mud was scooped using a Coolamon or Woomera, often to a depth of several meters until clean water gathered in the base of the hole. Waterholes are significant sites, meticulously maintained, locations of these water sources memorised and passed onto the younger generations. knowledge of where to source water and of significant site.
Artwork by Luke Jampin Booth.