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Ngokngok (Owl)

Ngokngok or mun-ngokngok is the Southern Boobook owl. Their clan is Warrawarra and the are connected to witch doctors and traditional healers.

 

Categories: Maningrida Arts & Culture

Name: Nicholas Pascoe

Language: Burarra (Martay), Barrada

Community: Maningrida

Biography:

Nicholas Pascoe is a senior artist from Maningrida. He is one member of three generations of the Pascoe Family who work with the art centre to produce high quality traditional artwork telling stories about life in Arnhem Land. Nicolas paints stories from the old days when Aboriginal people lived solely off the land and sea. He often paints fish and plants and is passing on his clan's traditional designs. Nicolas taught his sons and nephews to paint.

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