Cockatoo Wood carving has always been part of Aboriginal culture and Djilpin artists continue this tradition. Men carved wood for many purposes – tools for hunting or gathering food, axes and knives for building shelters, spears and clubs for protection Read more…
Handwoven Pandanus Mat Fibre Art is an ancient Aboriginal women’s craft that is still made today using the same techniques as their ancestors. Making fibre art is labour intensive and much care and fine needlework is required to ensure the Read more…
Freshwater fish and fishing nets This painting depicts three fishing nets in the billabong with black bream, black and white bream, nail fish and a mud crab fish Djilpin Arts is a not for profit Aboriginal Corporation that promotes the Read more…
Tools for the Wägilak Sisters This painting depicts the tools that the Wägilak sisters carried with them in the dream time story: stone spear, stone axe, dimbuka (dilly bag), garallal spear, ambi spear and the implement they used for collecting Read more…
Two Brolga, four Diving Ducks, King Brown and File Snake This painting depicts three brolga, four diving ducks and a king brown snake trying to go down in a hollow log to eat the file snake. At the bottom, one Read more…
Diving Ducks & Long Tom Fish This painting depicts two diving ducks, two long tom and waterlillies – all freshwater bush tucks foods. Djilpin Arts is a not for profit Aboriginal Corporation that promotes the maintenance, development and transmission of traditional Read more…
Freshwater Bush Tucker IV This painting depicts two longneck turtles, one barramundi, one jarlumbu (catfish), one burgon (live bait fish), water lillies, water yams and one water insect running on top of the water. Djilpin Arts is a not for Read more…
Freshwater Bush Tucker III This painting depicts two barrmundi with jarlumbu (catish), burgon (live bait fish) and waterlillies – all freshwater bush tucker. Djilpin Arts is a not for profit Aboriginal Corporation that promotes the maintenance, development and transmission of traditional Read more…
Freshwater Bush Tucker II This painting depicts a freshwater crocodile with jarlumbu (catfish), burgon (live bait fish), barramundi and water lilllies Djilpin Arts is a not for profit Aboriginal Corporation that promotes the maintenance, development and transmission of traditional cultural Read more…
Bathi (Pandanus Basket) Yolŋu weavers of Arnhem Land create utilitarian, ceremonial, and decorative pieces using naturally sourced materials. This Bathi (Pandanus Basket) is made from young Pandanus spiralis leaves, harvested with a wooden hook, stripped of prickles, and dried to Read more…