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Burlupurr – dillybag Burlupurr, or dilly bag, is usually a large woven collecting basket. These large bags are often made from the vine ‘Malasia scandens’, a strong pliable plant which grows along the floor and into the canopy of monsoon Read more…

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Warraburnburn In Burarra and Gun-nartpa languages the figure represented in this artwork is generally known as a wangarra ‘ghost spirit’. For the Warrawarra clan ghost spirits have their own particular characteristics and their own name – Warraburnburn. The Warraburnburn and the closely related Galabarrbarr Read more…

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Status: Stock The Wild-Flower AŌer the wet season the wild desert flowers come into bloom all over country. The Wild-Flower keep the desert alive. Dimensions: 61 x 122 cm / Natural Ochres and Pigments on Canvas

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Status: Stock Goordim, Woorilbem, and Flying Fox Springs This painƟng shows an area of the arƟst’s grandmother’s tradiƟonal Country in the east Kimberley region of northern Australia. Thehill at the top is Goorrdim. The smaller hills represent ant pit country Read more…

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Lucy Pula Luck – Atyenh Amey Amper (My Mother’s Country) I paint my Mother’s country. I travelled all around my country with my mother when I was child, my mother showed me the bush medicine and bush tucker. The community of Ampilatwatja made Read more…

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Raypiny Dhawu (Fresh Water Story) All Aboriginal people originate from a spiritual source, fixed in a particular place in their land or the sea. These ‘spiritual reservoirs’ are often in the form of special waterholes made by Wangarr (creative spirits) Read more…

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Coil Basket Coil basketry is a well-established fibre art form in the Maningrida region, especially for women from the Kuninjku, Rembarrnga, Ndjebbana and Nakkara language groups.  Artists make coiled baskets of many shapes and sizes, ranging from small round baskets Read more…

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