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THREE WISE MEN ‘Ngapum sent an angel to Mary. He said to Mary, “you are going to baby.” Mary said “I don’t know, how come I am going to have a baby.” Angel said “Joseph is going to be a Read more…
WARMUN ART
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Wardel and Garnkiny Mabel says – Well this the dream by Wardel and Garnkiny (star and moon). That’s what my mother and dad told me about that Dream. the moon’s skin name was of Jawuru skin who loved his mother Read more…
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Birnoo Country This painting shows Gordon’s country – Birnoo Country (Alice Downs Station). Birnoo is Gordon’s mother’s country. Gordon mustered cattle all throughout this country for many years – the way his father taught him to. He became known as Read more…
Babbarra Women’s Centre
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Kunmadj (dilly bags) Kunmadj is the Kuninjku term for large woven collecting baskets, known as dillybags. They are often made from the burney vine (Malaisia scandens), a strong, pliable plant that grows along the ground and into the canopy of monsoon vine thickets. The baskets Read more…
Babbarra Women’s Centre
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Marebu (pandanus mat) 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 Read more…
Babbarra Women’s Centre
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Mábbarla Mábbarla means Jelly Fish in the Kunibidji language, Ndjébbana.
Babbarra Women’s Centre
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Kunronj (Freshwater Story) This design depicts important manme (food) sources from freshwater environments on Abigail’s country and the implements used to gather these items. The kunkaninjor digging stick featured in the design is used to dig for wayuk (waterlily) roots Read more…
Babbarra Women’s Centre
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Manbirrbbirr (small bush flowers) In Kuninjku the name manbirrbbirr is used for a number of densely flowering shrubs and small trees including Verticordia cunninghamii, yellow flowering Austromyrtus species and also Acacia platycarpa which also has dense white.