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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Wak Wak
This painting depicts a sacred site at ‘Kurrurldul’, an outstation south of Maningrida.
The ‘rarrk’, or abstract crosshatching, on this work represents the design for the crow totem ancestor called ‘Djimarr’. Today this being exists in the form of a rock, which is permanently submerged at the bottom of Kurrurldul Creek. The ‘Djimarr’ rock in the stream at Kurrurldul is said to move around and call out in a soft hooting tone at night. Both the stone itself and the area around it are considered sacred.
The imagery represents the rock mentioned above at the bottom of Kurrurldul creek, which is the final transmutation of the dreaming ancestor ‘Djimarr’. Finally, the pattern used here is also the crow design used in the sacred ‘Mardayin’ ceremony, which is a large regional patri-moiety ceremony now rarely conducted in central and eastern Arnhem Land.
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Bush Jewellery – Earrings
The women of Maningrida and surrounding homelands use a combination of locally found seeds, bone and shells to make a variety of jewellery including necklaces. earrings and bracelets. Many of the artists use complex patterns and designs to make their beautiful creations.
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Man-mobban (Billy Goat Plum Leaves)
Man-mobban are the leaves of the man-morlak tree (billy goat plum).
The small, green plums can be found in abundance on Susan’s homeland, Mumeka.
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Man-mobban (Billy Goat Plum Leaves)
Man-mobban are the leaves of the man-morlak tree (billy goat plum).
The small, green plums can be found in abundance on Susan’s homeland, Mumeka.
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Man-mobban (Billy Goat Plum Leaves)
Man-mobban are the leaves of the man-morlak tree (billy goat plum).
The small, green plums can be found in abundance on Susan’s homeland, Mumeka.
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Man-mobban (Billy Goat Plum Leaves)
Man-mobban are the leaves of the man-morlak tree (billy goat plum).
The small, green plums can be found in abundance on Susan’s homeland, Mumeka.