Maningrida Arts & Culture
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Kunkurra (The Spiralling Wind) ‘Kunkurra’, the spiralling wind is associated with several sites in the Kardbam clan estate. On one level, this painting can be interpreted as a depiction of the kinds of mini-cyclones common during the wet season in Read more…
Bamanga Bubu Ngadimunku Aboriginal Corporation
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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…
Bamanga Bubu Ngadimunku Aboriginal Corporation
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Status: Stock Ngangkin (Echidna) on Brown by Karen Shuan The Echidna is a very significant Totem for Kuku Yalanji Bama. It is sung and danced in ceremonies and has many secret meanings for us. Echidnas are very smart. They only Read more…
Bamanga Bubu Ngadimunku Aboriginal Corporation
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Status: Stock Ngujay (Freshwater Turtle) on Green
Bamanga Bubu Ngadimunku Aboriginal Corporation
22514008147
Status: Stock Kakan (Black Palm) Basket Weaving on Brown 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 Read more…
Bamanga Bubu Ngadimunku Aboriginal Corporation
22514008146
Status: Stock Ngujay (Freshwater Turtle) on Green by Karen Shuan
Bamanga Bubu Ngadimunku Aboriginal Corporation
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Status: Stock Kurranji (Cassowary) by Karen Shuan. The cassowary is one of the major totems (Ancestral Spirit Beings) for our Kuku Yalanji people. He is a big, dangerous bird that rules the rainforest. The cassowwary can attack people but at Read more…
MOWANJUM ART AND CULTURE CENTRE
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Status: Stock Dumbi Mama (sacred owl) Dumbi is an owl which resides in Ngarinyin country. Two boys teased Dumbi after they found his tree knocked over by the wind. Dumbi could not fly away because he was Mayanki oni (cold) Read more…