Mat Works in fibre from the Maningrida region are widely recognised as some of the finest in Australia. Artists confidently push the boundaries of fibre craft and cultural expression, adapting traditional techniques and forms to produce strikingly inventive and aesthetically exquisite artworks. Commonly used fibres include the leaves of pandanus Read more…
Clapsticks Clapsticks are carved from ironwood and are made to accompany the didjeridu, used for ceremony and dancing. The distinctive sound of the clapsticks can be heard played ceaselessly into the night to honour the funeral rites of Aboriginal people in Arnhem Land. Arnhem Land and the Top End of Read more…
Dedjkorrk (Dragonfly) Works in fibre from the Maningrida region are widely recognised as some of the finest in Australia. Artists confidently push the boundaries of fibre craft and cultural expression, adapting traditional techniques and forms to produce strikingly inventive and aesthetically exquisite artworks. In 2003, Kuninjku artist Marina Murdilnga brought Read more…
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 Read more…
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 Read more…
Status: Stock Bush Jewellery – Earrings The women of Maningrida and surrounding homelands use a combination of naturally dyed pandanus fibre and 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 Read more…
Status: Stock Twelve Canoes (DVD) We live in Arnhem Land, in Northern Territory of Australia. For long time our people been wanting to show our culture to the world. We made that film, Ten Canoes. That was really beginning of it. So now here is our culture, our place, our history… Read more…
Status: Stock Ten Canoes (DVD) A parable of forbidden love from Australia’s mythical past, with storytelling by Australian icon David Gulpilil and starring his son Jamie as the covetous youth Dayini, Ten Canoes is a ground-breaking glimpse into aboriginal life centuries before European settlement. Shot in and around the Arafura Read more…
Status: Stock The Balanda and the Bark Canoes (DVD) The making of landmark film Ten Canoes provides the framework for the Balanda and the Bark Canoes, a documentary exploring much more than simply the practicalities of working with non-professional actos in crocodiles-infested waters. Long before cameras rolled on Ten Canoes, Read more…
Status: Stock Charlie’s Country (DVD) An official selection at the prestigious Cannes Film Festival, Charlie’s Country pairs renowned director Rolf de Heer with screen legend David Gulpilil for their third film collaboration following the multi-award winning Ten Canoes and their first feature The Tracker.