Freshwater Bush Tucker III This painting depicts two barrmundi with jarlumbu (catish), burgon (live bait fish) and waterlillies – all freshwater bush tucker. Djilpin Arts is a not for profit Aboriginal Corporation that promotes the maintenance, development and transmission of traditional Read more…
Freshwater Bush Tucker II This painting depicts a freshwater crocodile with jarlumbu (catfish), burgon (live bait fish), barramundi and water lilllies Djilpin Arts is a not for profit Aboriginal Corporation that promotes the maintenance, development and transmission of traditional cultural Read more…
Bathi (Pandanus Basket) Yolŋu weavers of Arnhem Land create utilitarian, ceremonial, and decorative pieces using naturally sourced materials. This Bathi (Pandanus Basket) is made from young Pandanus spiralis leaves, harvested with a wooden hook, stripped of prickles, and dried to Read more…
Freshwater Bush Tucker I Two barramundi, two jarlumbu (catfish) and one burgon (live bait fish) – these are all freshwater bush tucker. Djilpin Arts is a not for profit Aboriginal Corporation that promotes the maintenance, development and transmission of traditional cultural Read more…
Woven Mat Yolŋu weavers of Arnhem Land create utilitarian, ceremonial, and decorative pieces using naturally sourced materials. This mat is made from young Pandanus spiralis leaves, harvested with a wooden hook, stripped of prickles, and dried to create strong, resilient Read more…
Bathi (Pandanus Basket) Yolŋu weavers of Arnhem Land create utilitarian, ceremonial, and decorative pieces using naturally sourced materials. This Bathi (Pandanus Basket) is made from young Pandanus spiralis leaves, harvested with a wooden hook, stripped of prickles, and dried to Read more…
Nyoka (Mud crab) Here the artist paints shellfish and mud crabs at Gariyak, the county represented in many paintings relating to the Djang’kawu Sisters’ journey. In the coastal mangroves the sisters hunted mud crabs, and baler and conch shells to Read more…
Rollah – Ciarn Dean-Bullen Bidyadanga is a community located on the Kimberley coast in Western Australia, where the Great Sandy Desert meets the sea. The word Bidyadanga is derived from pijarta/ bidyada (emu watering hole). Bidyadanga is Ciarn’s Country – her ‘ngurra’ (home Read more…
Jalbil (Boyd’s Rainforest Dragon) Jalbil, the rainforest dragon, is a small and gentle lizard that feeds on insects. It is very hard to see in the rainforest because it takes on the colour and patterns of the environment. The male Read more…
Kakan (Black Palm) Basket Weaving This design shows how the bottom part of a black palm basket is woven. My grandmothers and aunties used to make them. They cut off the young palm leaves in the centre, stripped and scrapped Read more…