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Yawkyawk and Kunmadj Yawkyawk (young woman spirit) and Kunmadj (dilly bag). This 2007 design has been recently re-exposed from the screen print archive. It has not been printed in the studio for many years. Ruth Bindebal is the sister to Abigail Namundja and daughter of Jennifer Wurrkidj. 

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Yawkyawk and Kunmadj Yawkyawk (young woman spirit) and Kunmadj (dilly bag). This 2007 design has been recently re-exposed from the screen print archive. It has not been printed in the studio for many years. Ruth Bindebal is the sister to Abigail Namundja and daughter of Jennifer Wurrkidj. 

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Kunkurra (Spiral Wind) ‘My designs, they are all alive living up in my head’- Janet Marawarr Janet Marawarr has depicted kunkurra, the spiralling wind associated with several sites in the Kardbam clan. On one level, this design can be interpreted as a depiction of the kinds of mini-cyclones common during Read more…

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Yawkyawk and Kunmadj Yawkyawk (young woman spirit) and Kunmadj (dilly bag). This 2007 design has been recently re-exposed from the screen print archive. It has not been printed in the studio for many years. Ruth Bindebal is the sister to Abigail Namundja and daughter of Jennifer Wurrkidj. 

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Modjarrkki (crocodile story) ‘This is a true story. My great great grandfather and my father told this story and I tell it to my children. It’s about a freshwater crocodile called Modjarrkki. One day an unmarried man who was camping with his brother and his brothers wife went walking by himself. Read more…

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Yokkarra (fish), Ngaduna (palm tree) & Barruar (Seagull egg) ‘Hi it’s me Marilyn! I’m the age of 52. I like working at the women centre and doing lino printing but I prefer screen printing. I have one design, that’s lorrkkon (hollow log). My great grandfather used to make lorrkkon and Read more…

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Wak and Wayuk The ‘rarrk’, or abstract crosshatching, on this work represents the design for the crow totem ancestor called Djimarr. Today this being exists in the form of a rock, which is permanently submerged at the bottom of Kurrurldul Creek. The Djimarr rock in the stream at Kurrurldul is Read more…

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