Makéddja (Turtle)
Makéddja means turtle in the Ndjébbana language of the Kunibidji people of Maningrida.
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Makéddja (Turtle)
Makéddja means turtle in the Ndjébbana language of the Kunibidji people of Maningrida.
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Makéddja (Turtle)
Makéddja means turtle in the Ndjébbana language of the Kunibidji people of Maningrida.
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Stingray
This is Debbie Pascoe’s first ever screen print design. Printed as a two colour design.
Debbie is from the Djinang language group in Maningrida, which according to the ABS Census has approximately 220 speakers.
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Stingray
This is Debbie Pascoe’s first ever screen print design. Printed as a two colour design.
Debbie is from the Djinang language group in Maningrida, which according to the ABS Census has approximately 220 speakers.
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Stingray
This is Debbie Pascoe’s first ever screen print design. Printed as a two colour design.
Debbie is from the Djinang language group in Maningrida, which according to the ABS Census has approximately 220 speakers.
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Bah-je (hunting bag) 2007
Linda Gurawana is a Djinang speaker and she calls hunting bag or dilly bag bah-je.
This design was created in 2007.
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Bah-je (hunting bag) 2007
Linda Gurawana is a Djinang speaker and she calls hunting bag or dilly bag bah-je.
This design was created in 2007.
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Bah-je (hunting bag) 2007
Linda Gurawana is a Djinang speaker and she calls hunting bag or dilly bag bah-je.
This design was created in 2007.
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Yawkyawk in Stone Country
Yawkyawk is a word from the Aboriginal Kunwinjku/Kunwok language, meaning ‘young woman’ and ‘young woman spirit being’.
Sometimes compared to the European notion of mermaids, yawkyawks are usually depicted with the tails of fish. They have long hair, associated with trailing blooms of algae, typically found in Arnhem Land streams and rock pools. There can be wet season yawkyawk and dry season yawkyawk. It is said that when men go out hunting, they sometimes hear the song of the yawkyawk and become confused, loosing their way back to country.