Bak ‘bididi (frogs) This painting represents Bak’bididi (frogs) sitting around a billabong. The Arafura wetlands across East Arnhem Land are filled with billabongs during the wet season, providing the perfect living conditions for bak’bididi. Their calls you can hear far and wide during the day and night.
Elizabeth Ngwarraye Bonney – My Grandmothers Country I still hunt my Grand Mothers country for goanna, bush medicine and yams. I hunt all year round, hunting and walking through the country makes me happy. When I look at the distant hills I can feel my grandmother. Bush flowers are everywhere. Read more…
Yvonne Ngwarraye Bonney – My Hunting Country Yvonne has painted her favourite hunting country after rain. “This is when the storm ants come and make the goannas nice and fat, the ground is soft for digging honey ants and it’s when the bush foods and grasses come up and grow Read more…
Basket Art Centre notes: The basket is made of natural raffia and sea chord. It is made using a traditional ‘one twist’ method. The dyes are commercial and colour fast.
Art Centre notes: The bag is made of natural raffia, sea cord and shells. It is made using a traditional ‘one twist’ method. The dyes are commercial and colour fast. The shells are used for decoration.
Art Centre notes: The bag is made of natural raffia, sea cord and shells. It is made using a traditional ‘one twist’ method. The dyes are commercial and colour fast. The shells are used for decoration.
Art Centre notes: The bag is made of natural raffia, sea cord and shells. It is made using a traditional ‘one twist’ method. The dyes are commercial and colour fast. The shells are used for decoration.
Art Centre notes: The bag is made of natural raffia, sea cord and shells. It is made using a traditional ‘one twist’ method. The dyes are commercial and colour fast. The shells are used for decoration.
Art Centre notes: The bag is made of natural raffia, sea cord and shells. It is made using a traditional ‘one twist’ method. The dyes are commercial and colour fast. The shells are used for decoration.
Kuntjanu – Rockhole and Water Snake Kuntjanu is a women’s site, a powerful place from the Pitjantjatjara Lands in South Australia. Long ago, the women came to Kuntjanu. The land was good — rich with bush foods, and the Rockhole there was full, a sweet place to rest for a Read more…