Don's painting depicts a sugarbag person from country east of the Mann River. People were living in the area when Wak, the black crow, became angry that they were stealing his country so cut them in half with a stone axe. The people became mankung or sugarbag, the honey of native bees. Mankung is found throughout Kunwinjku country in western Arnhem Land in the ‘top end’ of Australia. Native bees build their hives in trees and produce honey from the nectar of the many flowering plants.
This painting needs to be framed. It’s also being sent direct from the artist at a remote art centre, Injalak Arts, in west Arnhem Land, in the NT desert. Please note there is only one mail plane a week that takes the artwork to Gunbalanya. The tracking information is then received a week later when the mail plane returns so often the paintings are delivered before we receive the tracking information. Please expect a slightly longer wait for this very special artwork to arrive.