Babbarra Women’s Centre
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Kundayarr The first tile has different types of kunmadj (dillybag) and marebu (floormat) made with Kundayarr (Pandanus). ‘There are two djerr (dilly bags), one basket, two marebu (floormats) and one kunmadj in this tile. This is how we carry and collect our bush tucker. This basket in the middle with Read more…
Babbarra Women’s Centre
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Kunmadj Kunmadj is the Kuninjku term for large woven collecting baskets, known as dillybags. They are often made from the burney vine (Malaisia scandens), a strong, pliable plant that grows along the ground and into the canopy of monsoon vine thickets. The baskets are used to collect a variety of heavy foods, such as fish Read more…
Shire of East Pilbara (Martumili Artists)
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Sunset over the ocean Bidyadanga is a community located on the Kimberley coast in Western Australia, where the Great Sandy Desert meets the sea. The word Bidyadanga is derived from pijarta/ bidyada (emu watering hole).
Shire of East Pilbara (Martumili Artists)
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The Rain This work portrays an area known intimately to the artist, painted here from memory. During the pujiman (traditional, desert dwelling) era one’s survival depended on their intimate knowledge of the location of resources; thus physical elements of Country, such as sources of kapi (water), tali (sandhills), and different Read more…
Shire of East Pilbara (Martumili Artists)
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Creek at nighttime This work portrays an area known intimately to the artist, painted here from memory. During the pujiman (traditional, desert dwelling) era one’s survival depended on their intimate knowledge of the location of resources; thus physical elements of Country, such as sources of kapi (water), tali (sandhills), and Read more…
Shire of East Pilbara (Martumili Artists)
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Jigalong Country Jigalong Aboriginal Community, the largest of the Martu communities, is located on the western edge of the Little Sandy Desert, not far from the town of Newman. Jigalong was established in 1907 as the site for a maintenance and rations store for workmen constructing the Rabbit Proof Fence, Read more…
Shire of East Pilbara (Martumili Artists)
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Jigalong Country Jigalong Aboriginal Community, the largest of the Martu communities, is located on the western edge of the Little Sandy Desert, not far from the town of Newman. Jigalong was established in 1907 as the site for a maintenance and rations store for workmen constructing the Rabbit Proof Fence, Read more…
Shire of East Pilbara (Martumili Artists)
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Kulyakartu “My Country, Kulyakartu. I grew up there, from little boy to big boy grew up there.” – Muuki Taylor This painting depicts Kulyakartu, Muuki’s ngurra (home Country, camp). Kulyakartu is located in the far north of the Martu homelands, near the Percival Lakes region of Western Australia’s Great Sandy Desert. Read more…
Shire of East Pilbara (Martumili Artists)
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Burnt Country (Nyurnma) This work depicts two of the distinct phases associated with the Martu cycle of burning and regrowth; Nyurnma and Manguu. Nyurnma refers to freshly burnt Country, cleared of ash by following winds. Manguu occurs four to six years post burning, when spinifex has matured to the point that Read more…