Teddy Bear
Handmade Teddy Bear with First Nations design
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Teddy Bear
Handmade Teddy Bear with First Nations design
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Marngrook
Possum skin ball
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Marngrook
Possum skin ball
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Pilbara Wildflower Country
When I look at the Country, the beauty and the time of the season that changes, our Country has so much to offer during those seasons. But today as I look at, I still have pictures in my memory of what Country means to us. Our ancestors used to call it Mother Earth. Mother Earth provides visions of things I see today, like the mining companies: what they benefit from it and what we benefit from it through this time and age now. But Country will always be there. Always new growth comes in times of season. Today we still have respect for our Country, our beautiful country of the Pilbara.
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Kangaroo Sitting
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Spoonbill Standing
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Mat
Mats can vary greatly. Artists commonly use a mix of naturally dyed and undyed fibre to create a striking variation of coloured bands. Some artists also incorporate different types of looping to produce different patterns and textured finishes. Each type of mat, fibre bag, basket and dilly bag has its own name in the various languages spoken in the Maningrida region.
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Lungurrma (North-east Wind)
Lungurrma (North-east Wind) heralds the new season when seas are calm and new growth starts. The months for this type of wind are October to December. There are big clouds without thunder or rain. The triangular patterning represents monsoon clouds ‘standing up’ on the northern horizon. The Lunggurrma design belongs to the Yirritja moiety clans linked to this design are known as the ‘line of clouds’ clans