Marebu Deborah Wurrkidj is a Kuninjku artist from the Kurulk clan whose country lies around the outstation of Mumeka in central Arnhem Land. She is an accomplished artist working across mediums including painting, sculpture, weaving and textile design. For this design, Deborah Wurrkidj has depicted Marebu (woven pandanus mats). Works Read more…
Gunga, Pandanus Mat. DC My painting depicts the Gunga, a woven Pandanus Mat. I learnt how to weave by my mother. She taught me how to make baskets from pandanus using the coiling technique. I learnt how make string bags, dilly bags and woven mats during a workshop for junior Read more…
Kudi Ngadimunku – Barra from the dreamtime SF When Kudi (Barra) was small, he grew up as a boy. He went out hunting with the other men and young boys for kangaroo, goanna, turtles, dugong and crocodile. As a young boy, he went through initiation to be a young man. Read more…
Kunkurra (Spiral Wind) – Top ‘My designs, they are all alive living up in my head’- Janet Marawarr Janet Marawarr has depicted kunkurra, the spiralling wind associated with several sites in the Kardbam clan. On one level, this design can be interpreted as a depiction of the kinds of mini-cyclones Read more…
Mandjabu Skirt Handmade skirt Circa 2016 Kuninjku people traditionally make two sorts of conical fish traps. One is called mandjabu and is made from a strong, durable vine called milil, and a smaller one is called manylik mandjabu, and made from the grass manylik. The mandjabuconical fish trap is bigger and stronger Read more…
Murnubbarr Karrolkan – Deadly Denim Jacket Murnubbarr (magpie geese) are a waterbird found in abundance in the wetland areas of Kakadu and western Arnhem Land. Murnubbarr are a sustainably hunted and enjoyed manme (bush food). They are known to fly long distances, particularly in the wet season.
Marebu Kimono Hand made Kimono. This might be by Raylene Bonson or Deborah Wurrkidj
Art Centre notes: The bag is made of natural raffia / cotton / jute It is made using a traditional ‘one twist’ method. The dyes are commercial and colour fast. the bag also has matchbox seeds hanging from the bottom of the bag as decoration.