Bamanga Bubu Ngadimunku Aboriginal Corporation
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Kurranji (Cassowary) The cassowary was a precious food source for our ancestors. They used the feathers for ceremonies and weavings, and made their skins into blankets. I have chosen the cassowary for this vessel because it is my partner’s totem. He Read more…
Djilpin Arts Aboriginal Corporation
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Sugar Bag Bee This handmade Sugarbag Bee sculpture is crafted from a combination of paperbark bound with black wattle bark. Internally speargrass makes up the body or stuffing, while externally the piece is finished in natural ochre sourced from long distances away. Read more…
Bamanga Bubu Ngadimunku Aboriginal Corporation
225182226596
Rainforest Shield Traditional shields were carved from a single piece of timber cut from side of the buttress root of a rainforest fig-tree. The kidney shaped shields are unique to the rainforest Bama of Far North Queensland. They were decorated Read more…