Bamanga Bubu Ngadimunku Aboriginal Corporation

Ngangkin (Echidna)

Rainforest Parrot

Basket Weaving

Basket Weaving

Kurranji (Cassowary) The cassowary was a precious food source for our ancestors. They used the feathers for ceremonies and weavings, and made their skins into blankets.  I have chosen the cassowary for this vessel because it is my partner’s totem. He performs the cassowary dance in public ceremonies. It was bestowed Read more…

Dugongs & Peoples

Turtles with Eggs & Dugongs

Whitty Grub

Rainforest Shield Traditional shields were carved from a single piece of timber cut from side of the buttress root of a rainforest fig-tree. The kidney shaped shields are unique to the rainforest Bama of Far North Queensland. They were decorated with clan, totem or moiety designs using natural ochres and Read more…

Kirbaji (Dugong) In the past, Kirbaji (dugong) was an important food source. It was men’s business to hunt dugongs and it was their responsibility to cook and provide the meat to all the families. The meat of the dugong was cooked in an earth oven. Our ancestors also made oil form the dugong fat. Read more…