WARMUN ART
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Warmun This painting was inspired by a painting by my grandfather Churchill Cann. The river divides the Top Camp, Middle Camp, Bottom Camp and Other Side. The different areas we live in Warmun.
WARMUN ART
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TEXAS SPRINGS This painting is inspired by by Grandfather Churchill Cann. He often painted Texas. This is what he said about one of his paintings – “I remember the Texas Springs well – as a kid on Texas, we used to take the nanny goats out for a drink as Read more…
WARMUN ART
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Ngarinjin/Wanjina Spirit man The Wanjina is a creator of country. The snake represents people causing trouble, for example man killing man, so snake comes to deal with them. The Wanjina is a spirit man there were three kind of them that came from three different tribes from top part of Read more…
Bula'bula Arts
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Baru Dhawu (Crocodile Story) Baru (the crocodile man), was from the Gumatj clan. People usually call him Gurdu Gurdu or Baru which means crocodile. He lived his life at a place called Yirrkala. Living near him were other people, and when Baru didn’t have enough to eat he began to Read more…
Djilpin Arts Aboriginal Corporation
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Spider, Bats & Tree This painting depicts a small component of a longer Yirritja moiety songline. This has been painted on the traditional medium of dried and flattened stringybark. This bark is held in place by two plum tree sticks which helps the painting remain flat as humidity levels change. These sticks are Read more…
Djilpin Arts Aboriginal Corporation
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Golden Tree Snake This carving shows a golden tree snake climbing a small branch. Golden tree snakes often can be found in pandanus surprising ladies who gather this for weaving! Carved using a collection of hand tools along with a modern grinder. Painted using acrylic paint.
Djilpin Arts Aboriginal Corporation
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Mukuy This carving shows a Mukuy from Solomans country. Soloman tells the story that when you catch fish you shouldn’t take too much… “give half back”. Mukuys travel around at night and if you have taken too much they will go hungry and cause mischief for you. By giving half Read more…
Djilpin Arts Aboriginal Corporation
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Long Neck Turtle – Nyangura Nyangura the Long-Neck Tortoise is Yirritja. The two sacred ancestral Nyangura are found at a place called Djirringi in north-central Arnhem Lane on Ganalbingu land. The tracks left by the two ancestral totemic Nyangura, as they crawled over the land at Djirringi, is a sacred Read more…
WARMUN ART
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Garn’giny Ngarranggarni – Mabel Juli Well this the dreamtime story about Wardal and Garn’giny (star and moon). That’s what my mother and dad told me about that Dreamtime thing. “Garn’giny ngelmang roord-ngarri nginji. The moon sits in the east. Wardal dal gerloorr ngarrgalen. The star sits on top of the Read more…