Moa Arts
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Blue Girl Good mode to make some baskets today, it was windy outside so i started with the blue for the saltwater, yellow is for the bright sun and red for the people. Art Centre notes: The basket / bag Read more…
Moa Arts
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Thickie Girl Walking to the point (fishing spot) to look for thickie shells under big or small rocks find the bubbles in the sand, little holes everywhere thats where we dig for thickie shells to use as bait for fishing. Read more…
Papulankutja Artists
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The perentie man and the tjilkamata woman (goanna and echidna) The Perentie man walked all the way from Warburton, Western Australia to Wattaru in South Australia to meet and marry his promised wife the Echidna woman. After they were married Read more…
Shire of East Pilbara (Martumili Artists)
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Punmu Yabu “Punmu hill, that’s all the little rocks. That’s the wood, big ones. We camped there, eagle’s nest in Punmu, dreamtime story” – Elizabeth Toby In Martu the word Yabu translates to rock or hill. Punmu Yabu is the Read more…
Shire of East Pilbara (Martumili Artists)
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Nyinpingka Nyinpingka, know as native fuchsia in English, is a small to medium shrub that produces pink flowers. Usually after good rains Nyinpingka prolifically produces bright pink flowers that you can pull off the bush and suck honey from. The leaves Read more…
Shire of East Pilbara (Martumili Artists)
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Pilbara Communities The traditional lands of the Martu people encompass the Great Sandy Desert and Rudall River regions of Western Australia, and include speakers of Manyjilyjarra, Warnman, Kartujarra, Putijarra and Martu Wangka languages. Since the 1980’s Return to Country movement, Read more…
Shire of East Pilbara (Martumili Artists)
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Willy Willy The term willy willy describes small whirlwinds or dust devils, and is believed to have come from an Aboriginal language in Western Australia. During the pujiman period, Martu would traverse very large distances annually in small family groups, moving seasonally Read more…
Papulankutja Artists
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Kakalala and Kangka (White Cockatoo and Black Crow) This is a dreamtime story about Kakalala (White Cockatoo) and Kangka (Black Crow). Cockatoo and Crow were the wives of Eagle. One day the wives went off to collect food. Crow was Read more…
Papulankutja Artists
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Kungkarrangkalpa (Seven Sisters) – Angilyiya Mitchell ‘Kungkarrangkalpa’ (The Seven Sisters or Pleaides) is significant Tjukurrpa (dreamtime). Its origins you may be familiar with in astronomy and its connection to ‘Wati Nyiru’ (Magic Man or Orion). The roots of this dreaming Read more…