Bush Jewellery – Necklace The women of Maningrida and surrounding homelands use a combination of locally found seeds, bone and shells to make a variety of jewellery including necklaces. earrings and bracelets. Many of the artists use complex patterns and designs Read more…
Wak (Black Crow Ancestor) This etching depicts a sacred site at Kurrurldul, an outstation south of Maningrida. The work represents the crow totem ancestor called Djimarr. Today this being exists in the form of a rock, which is permanently submerged Read more…
Untitled “When Martu paint, it’s like a map. Martu draw story on the ground and on the canvas, and all the circle and line there are the hunting areas and different waters and tracks where people used to walk, and Read more…
Country “I paint the Kaalpa area. That’s my grandfather’s Country. When I paint it makes me feel right.” – Robina Clause Kaalpa is a place of great cultural significance, is also referred to as Well 23 on the Canning Stock Read more…
Waru (fire) This work depicts the practice of fire burning as it continues to be used today through the Martu homelands. Over thousands of years, as Martu travelled and hunted on foot they would burn tracts of land, using waru Read more…
Warlyarta “When Martu paint, it’s like a map. Martu draw story on the ground and on the canvas, and all the circle and line there are the hunting areas and different waters and tracks where people used to walk, and Read more…
Warralong Creek “When Martu paint, it’s like a map. Martu draw story on the ground and on the canvas, and all the circle and line there are the hunting areas and different waters and tracks where people used to walk, Read more…
Jakalala “When Martu paint, it’s like a map. Martu draw story on the ground and on the canvas, and all the circle and line there are the hunting areas and different waters and tracks where people used to walk, and Read more…
Jakalala Minyi Puru “When Martu paint, it’s like a map. Martu draw story on the ground and on the canvas, and all the circle and line there are the hunting areas and different waters and tracks where people used to Read more…
File Snake In his works Burarra artist Chubasco Pascoe depicts animals and plants connected to his country Mewirnba. Common motifs in his work include, yams, file snake, butterfly vines, goannas, egrets and blanket lizards. He also paints images of ceremonial objects Read more…