Iron Ore Necklace with Matjumpa Artwork by Chern’ée Sutton
$44.95
1 in stock
Description
This beautiful iron ore necklace features Chern’ee Sutton’s artwork, showcasing the design called “Matjumpa.” The artwork is printed with coated ink on a hematite tablet, sourced from Western Australia, and is mounted with a silver bale on an adjustable black necklace for a comfortable and customizable fit.
Chern’ee Sutton is a proud Aboriginal artist and Kalkadoon woman from the emu foot province around the Mount Isa area in North West Queensland. Chern’ee’s Great, Great, Great Grandmother is an apical ancestor of the Kalkadoon people and is also related to Charlie Perkins a renowned Aboriginal activist who led the Freedom Ride in the late 1960’s. Chern’ee entered her first art competition at 13 years of age and won first place in the open category and has been painting madly ever since.
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