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Bag Art Centre notes: The basket/bag is made of natural raffia and jute. It is made using a traditional ‘one twist’ method. It has a thin strap. The dyes are commercial and colour fast. Size of bowl: 6cm x 9cm Read more…
Bag Art Centre notes: The basket/bag is made of natural raffia and jute. It is made using a traditional ‘one twist’ method. It has a thin strap. The dyes are commercial and colour fast. Size of bowl: 6cm x 9cm Read more…
Bag Art Centre notes: The basket/bag is made of natural raffia and jute. It is made using a traditional ‘one twist’ method. It has a thin strap, the strap is adjustable. The dyes are commercial and colour fast. Size of Read more…
Bayaderra Bayaderra swimming towards the river bank’s sand ridge to lay eggs after a cultural burn off on country. The burn-off creates a clear path for the Broad shell or Long Neck turtle to lay eggs The wattle blooms it’s Read more…
Nawarlah (Brown River Stingray) Aboriginal art in Ramingining, Central Arnhem Land is commonly illustrated through designs and images of animals, plants, and landscape. These motifs commonly reflect the artists ancestral inheritance and their dreamings and are referred to as totems. Read more…
Mindirr (Pandanus Bag) Miṉḏirr (dilly bags) are made from gunga (Pandanus spiralis), baḻgurr (kurrajong) and natural bush dyes. The body of the miṉḏirr is made from gunga, and the handles from baḻgurr. Once the gunga fronds and baḻgurr bark have been collected, they are stripped and prepared then Read more…
Bathi (Pandanus Basket) Bathi are woven from the split leaves of the Screw Palm (Pandanus Spiralis). Coil weaving was introduced to Arnhem Land in the 1930s. It was adapted from techniques used by Indigenous women throughout South East Australia.
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 Read more…
Dance Belt Dance belts are an important cultural component of ceremony. This belt has been made predominantly from cotton string, along with kurrajong bush string details on the belt component. This can be seen on the wrap around the two Read more…
Dance Belt Dance belts are an important cultural component of ceremony. This belt has been made from a mix of bush string, double twisted to form the belt component, along with cotton string for the dangling components. White cockatoo feathers are Read more…
Ceremonial Spear This is a ceremonial spear, carved from a single piece of wood. Featuring multiple barbs and finished in acrylic paint. It is not deadly sharp, and for use in ceremony.