Meaning of wilgie | Babel Free

Definitions

A red ochre traditionally used as a pigment by the Aboriginal Nyunga people.

Australia, Western, uncountable

Examples

“[…] round these fires were squatted the dark forms of men and women, unclad, save with the loose folds of an opossum rug, and unadorned save with a fish or other bone thrust through the cartilage of the nose, or the pendulums of the ears, and with wilgie and with paint.”

“A picture of one mourning for her brother shows her hair all screwed up in little knobs with wilgie clay and fat.”

“While she was working Coomal came along with wilgie on his face and embraced her.”

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