Collecting Manme (Bush Food) ‘All that jungle around Mumeka, on the other side of the river.. that’s where we go looking for manme (bush food) like manyawok (cheeky yam) and karrbarda (long yam). The yawk yawk (young woman spirit) is holding a kunkaninj (digging stick), kun-madj (dilly bag) and all Read more…
Wubbunj (Paperbark Canoe) “Wubbunj is our traditional canoe. This design is the old history story of how people came to live in this place we call Maningrida. Two old people were staying on the other side of the saltwater, in Narlarrambarr area. The old people slept in a paper bark Read more…
Namurre Boko and Mimih This cloth features the intricate and illustrative lino designs by Jay Jurrupula Rostron, a Kune artist from the Korlobididah homeland. The more complex rectangle design tells the story of Namurre Boko and the square tile depicts a Mimih spirit and kangaroo. ‘Bini-murreko means two brothers – Read more…
Mimih and Kangaroo This Lino design shoes a Mimih spirit hunting a kangaroo. Jay is a Kune language speaker from Korlobididah, an inland outstation in West Arnhem Land. Jay often depicts diverse fresh water species and pristine wetlands in her detailed Lino carvings. Pale pink on navy blue cotton.
Na-méwaya (triangle fish net) *Ndjébbana A small fishing net or butterfly net of a traditional triangular design. This is a new screen print design from 2022. A detailed story is pending.
Na-méwaya (triangle fish net) *Ndjébbana A small fishing net or butterfly net of a traditional triangular design. This is a new screen print design from 2022. A detailed story is pending.
Mabbúlarr – Murnun Mabbúlarr is the Ndjébbana word describing calm and stillness – both regarding people and the ocean. Murnun means dugong. This design is part 2 in Josephines Mabbúlarr story This design tells the story of underwater life in the shallows. The turtle we call marláddja (green turtle, Chelonia mydas) Read more…
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…
