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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 Read more…
Status: Stock Still Our Country (DVD) A poetic celebration of country and culture, Still Our Country documents the swiftly changing lives of the Yolngu people of Ramingining in the Northern Territory. Originally conceived as an online installation, this evocative carnival Read more…