Kun-madj – large dillybag vine Kun-madj, or dilly bag, is a large woven collecting basket. These large bags are often made from the vine ‘Malasia scandens’, a strong pliable plant which grows along the floor and into the canopy of Read more…
Warlang (Dusky leaf-nosed bat Aboriginal bark paintings have a long cultural tradition, believed to extend back many thousands of years.In northern Australia, paintings on bark shelters in the Kimberley and Arnhem Land were stylistically similar to rock shelter paintings. The Read more…
Warlang (Dusky leaf-nosed bat) Aboriginal bark paintings have a long cultural tradition, believed to extend back many thousands of years.In northern Australia, paintings on bark shelters in the Kimberley and Arnhem Land were stylistically similar to rock shelter paintings. The Read more…
Dirdbim (Moon Dreaming) The images in this painting refer to a site in the clan estate of the artist, at a place called Dirdbim which literally means ‘image of the moon’. The site is a large, unusually round hole in Read more…
Lorrkon – Jennifer Wurrkidj Jennifer Wurrkidj TITLE Lorrkon (Hollow funeral log) YEAR 2010 MEDIUM Screen print DETAILS 2 screen design, 1000 x 420mm Before, a long time ago, when old people would die they would put their bones inside Read more…
Lorrkon – Jennifer Wurrkidj Jennifer Wurrkidj TITLE Lorrkon (Hollow funeral log) YEAR 2010 MEDIUM Screen print DETAILS 2 screen design, 1000 x 420mm Before, a long time ago, when old people would die they would put their bones inside Read more…
Lorrkon – Jennifer Wurrkidj Jennifer Wurrkidj TITLE Lorrkon (Hollow funeral log) YEAR 2010 MEDIUM Screen print DETAILS 2 screen design, 1000 x 420mm Before, a long time ago, when old people would die they would put their bones inside Read more…
Lorrkon – Jennifer Wurrkidj Jennifer Wurrkidj TITLE Lorrkon (Hollow funeral log) YEAR 2010 MEDIUM Screen print DETAILS 2 screen design, 1000 x 420mm Before, a long time ago, when old people would die they would put their bones inside 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…