Yawkyawk (young woman spirit) JM Yawkyawk swim underneath the rock. They always stay there. When the sun comes out they come out from underneath the river, make themselves warm. They sit and they look around. When they sit, they cry to themselves. Ngaldjorlhbo (mother of everything) she created them. Yawkyawk Read more…
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…
Djomi (Fresh Water Spirit) This design depicts the story of the artist’s ancestral dreaming, the Djómi (Fresh Water Spirit). The Djómi figure is a mermaid-like spirit with fish tail that lives in the freshwater stream that flows out to the sea cliff near Maningrida. Djómi is known to be a Read more…
Yawkyawk (young woman spirit) Yawkyawk is a word from the Aboriginal Kunwinjku 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 Read more…
Yawkyawk (young woman spirit) Yawkyawk is a word from the Aboriginal Kunwinjku 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 Read more…
Kunmadj (dilly bag) and Kundalk (grass) – Temika There are two distinct Lino print designs in this fabric. The first depicts a kunmadj (dillybag) made with Kundayarr (pandanus fibre). The second tile depicts Kundalk ( grass). This is Temika’s first Lino print design. She is the granddaughter of internationally acclaimed Read more…
Babbarra Mimih Bábbarra Women’s Centre is named after a billabong. This design references the Bábbarra logo that shows a female mimih (spirit being). This fabric was created using the linocut printing technique. The lino tile has been carved by the artist in Maningrida, and has been printed by hand using a Read more…
Rolk (maggot dreaming) Rolk, that’s my mothers dreaming. What is it called, maggot? This is from the area near Marrkolidjban Outstation, on the way to Maningrida. Janet Marawarr
Woodblock Sari by Bábbarra X Tharangini 2025 Woodblock print on handwoven silk, extract print with organic dyes, 100% Silk Co-created by Bábbarra Women’s Centre, Maningrida and Tharangini Studio, India Printed by artisans at Tharangini Studio Design brief by Bábbarra Women’s Centre Artists Woodblock carving by Shri C.H. Sreeram and Shri S.K. Read more…