Babbarra Women’s Centre
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Mimih and Kangaroo Jay Jurrupula depicts the story of ‘Kangaroo and Mimih Spirit’ with her hand carved, lino print design.
Maningrida Arts & Culture
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Mimih Spirit The mimih spirit exists in a realm that runs parallel to and mirrors many facets of human life, also demonstrating the deep sense of time and place understood by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. Such spirits feature Read more…
Maningrida Arts & Culture
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Mimih Spirit The mimih spirit exists in a realm that runs parallel to and mirrors many facets of human life, also demonstrating the deep sense of time and place understood by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. Such spirits feature Read more…
Maningrida Arts & Culture
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Coil Basket Coiling technique was introduced in the 1920s at Goulburn Island to the Maung people by missionaries and quickly spread to the mainland. Many artists produce coiled baskets of varied shapes, ranging from small round baskets to large oval Read more…
Babbarra Women’s Centre
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Ngaldjorlhbo (mother of Everything) Ngaldjorlhbo is a powerful woman who created the spiritual and tangible world for the Aboriginal people in Western Arnhem Land. In creating the land and environment, she endowed Kuninjku people with the ability to create art, and Read more…
Babbarra Women’s Centre
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Na-méwaya (small fish net) *Ndjébbana A small fishing net or butterfly net of a traditional triangular design.
Babbarra Women’s Centre
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Yam Leaf – Belinda Kernan This fabric was created using the linocut printing technique. The lino tile was carved by the artist in Maningrida and printed by hand using a variety of colours and layers. The linocut technique ensures each Read more…
Babbarra Women’s Centre
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Mandjabu and Turtle Kuninjku people traditionally make two sorts of conical fish traps. One is called mandjabu and is made from a strong, durable vine called milil, and a smaller one is called manylik mandjabu, and made from the grass manylik. The Read more…
Babbarra Women’s Centre
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Bawaliba and Ngalyod (Rainbow Serpent) ‘My Kikka (mother), when she was alive, she would tell me these stories. I was just a little girl and she would tell us the stories in her language Gurrgoni. In the camps there were Read more…