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Bush Jewellery – Earrings The women of Maningrida and surrounding homelands use a combination of 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 beautiful creations.

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Bush Jewellery – Earrings The women of Maningrida and surrounding homelands use a combination of 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 beautiful creations.

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Bush Jewellery – Earrings The women of Maningrida and surrounding homelands use a combination of 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 beautiful creations.

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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 Read more…

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Status: Stock Design by David Boson: 180cm x 40cm Silk Chiffon KUTHAI is a particular bush yam that grows throughout Zenadh Kes. It is a local favourite, eaten with turtle and dugong. Like taro, kuthai soaks up the animal fat, making it less fatty. Kuthai is harvested during the doldrums Read more…

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Status: Stock Design by Paula Savage: 180cm x 40cm Silk Chiffon This print is based on an outside fire that we like to roast crabs (Getalai). The orange stands for cooked crabs and black is badly burnt steamed crabs.

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Status: Stock Design by Paula Savage: 180cm x 40cm Silk Chiffon Chains old and new, starting to get rusted from salt. Ready to put together for day out going reef fishing. 180cm x 40cm Silk Chiffon   

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Status: Stock Design by Fiona Mosby: 180cm x 40cm Silk Chiffon Mekai is the Kala Kawaw Ya word for the beach almond which grows on Moa Island. It is a food source and also good for medicine.  A beautiful sunny morning is about when the sunlight bursts through the mekai almond leaves in Read more…

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Status: Stock Paula Savage Wisway, take a bite into the life on Moa Island! Follow traditional recipes by our artists and you’ll be a Torres Strait Master Chef in no time! Our dishes are made for special gatherings like weddings, birthdays and tombstone unveilings.  If upla feeling like a lil’ Read more…

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