Maningrida Arts & Culture
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Jima Jima (Waterlily) Jimi jima is one of Tommy Gondorra Steele’s personal dreamings. It is similar to what is commonly known as a waterlily (monochoria australasica). Jimi jima is mainly associated with a waterhole named Yalija, but also other sacred Read more…
Shire of East Pilbara (Martumili Artists)
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Emu “This painting shows an emu, when they lay their eggs they leave tracks from their nests with their nail, tip toeing around. Their eggs are alright for eating, but they are hard to find.” – Leon Cutter
Shire of East Pilbara (Martumili Artists)
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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…
Shire of East Pilbara (Martumili Artists)
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Wantili – Bugai & Cyril Whyoulter “This is my Grandmother’s Country, my Country- Wantili. Wantili is good for painting and telling stories. Our stories are still strong. I wanted to take Bugai back there. It is important place; she hadn’t Read more…
Maningrida Arts & Culture
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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…
Maningrida Arts & Culture
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Mimih Spirit Aboriginal people in the rocky environments of western and south-western Arnhem Land tell of the existence of tall slender spirits which they call Mimih. The name Mimih is well known throughout the top end of the Northern Territory. Read more…
Shire of East Pilbara (Martumili Artists)
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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…
Maningrida Arts & Culture
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Djomi There are two Dreaming ladies at Bábbarra billabong – Djómi and Bábbarra. These two are sisters: one freshwater ‘mermaid’ and one saltwater one. Big long head, big stomach and very skinny legs that Bábbarra. Their mother is the crocodile Read more…