Bamanga Bubu Ngadimunku Aboriginal Corporation
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Mossman River Design The spirals represents the ripples and water pools of Mossman River.
Bamanga Bubu Ngadimunku Aboriginal Corporation
225182221347
Diwan (Scrub Turkey) Many years ago, our ancestors lived in harmony with the rainforest and other parts of the land, they learnt different ways of hunting and gathering for food. The women would collect Diwan (Scrub Turkey) eggs. Each Diwan can lay up to 15-20 eggs. The women gather the Read more…
Djilpin Arts Aboriginal Corporation
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Archer (Rifle) Fish Wood carving has always been part of Aboriginal culture and Djilpin artists continue this tradition. Men carved wood for many purposes – tools for hunting or gathering food, axes and knives for building shelters, spears and clubs for protection of their lives and territory, objects for ceremony Read more…
Djilpin Arts Aboriginal Corporation
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Yok – Bandicoot This handmade Yok sculpture is crafted from a combination of paperbark bound with black wattle bark. Internally speargrass makes up the body or stuffing, while externally the piece is finished in natural ochre sourced from long distances away. Ochre is ground, and then bonded onto the sculpture using a Read more…
Bamanga Bubu Ngadimunku Aboriginal Corporation
225182222130
Mossman River Design The spirals represents the ripples and water pools of Mossman River.
Bamanga Bubu Ngadimunku Aboriginal Corporation
225182222948
Kirbaji (Dugong) In the past, Kirbaji (dugong) was an important food source. It was men’s business to hunt dugongs and it was their responsibility to cook and provide the meat to all the families. The meat of the dugong was cooked in an earth oven. Our ancestors also made oil form the dugong fat. Read more…
Bamanga Bubu Ngadimunku Aboriginal Corporation
225182222941
Rainforest Shield Traditional shields were carved from a single piece of timber cut from side of the buttress root of a rainforest fig-tree. The kidney shaped shields are unique to the rainforest Bama of Far North Queensland. They were decorated with clan, totem or moiety designs using natural ochres and Read more…
