Buluwana (Kuninjku Spirit Woman) – J. Wurrkidj This design depicts Buluwana (Kuninjku Spirit Woman) with a dilly bag on her head, holding a yam and digging stick. “She’s an old lady from our ancestor creation time, before mimih spirits roamed the land. Her skin name is Wamuddjan– she is from Read more…
Mimi and Mongerrd This story is about the two mimih brothers and mongerrd, at Kabari homeland in the rock country. “A long time ago, the mimih were living in the rock country. Mimih are tall, dark and very skinny spirits that live inside caves. One day, a group of mimih Read more…
Djomi Spirit “This design is Djomi, my mum’s Dreaming. It is the baby Dreaming. Djomi are child spirits living in Maningrida down near a fresh water little swamp. In that swamp there are a big mob of baby spirits and they are crying every night looking for their mothers. If Read more…
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 boy and girl Bawaliba, and old Bawaliba too. They loved Read more…
Rrugurrgurda (Mud Crab) This design tells the story of Elizabeth’s homeland – a dreaming place, a good dreaming place with plentiful mud crabs. Elizabeth’s homeland lies east of Maningrida, at the mouth of Blyth river. This country is known for a large spiritual mud crab, which lives in the area. Read more…
Garriwa (Sea Turtle) A detailed lino print design depicting garriwa (sea turtle) surrounded by sea shells and dolphins. Elizabeth is from the Burrarra language group and her homeland is Gupanga, Arnhem Land. Printed by hand in our Maningrida studio.
Djomi and Yokkara This design depicts the story of the artist’s ancestral dreaming, the Djomi fresh water spirit mermaid. The Djomi figure is a mermaid like spirit with fish tail that lives in the fresh water stream that flows out to the sea cliff near Maningrida. Djomi is a known Read more…
Djomi This design depicts the story of the artist’s ancestral dreaming, the Djomi fresh water spirit mermaid. The Djomi figure is a mermaid like spirit with fish tail that lives in the fresh water stream that flows out to the sea cliff near Maningrida. Djomi is a known to be Read more…
Garriwa (Sea Turtle) A detailed lino print design depicting two of Elizabeth’s Garriwa (sea turtle) designs surrounded by sea shells and dolphins.This is a one colour design in blue ink on a seeded natural cotton. Elizabeth is from the Burrarra language group and her homeland is Gupanga, Arnhem Land.
Mandjabu 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 mandjabuconical fish trap is bigger and stronger and used in tidal reaches Read more…