Woven Barramundi Aboriginal art in Ramingining, Central Arnhem Land is commonly illustrated through designs and images of animals, plants, and landscape. These motifs commonly reflect the artists ancestral inheritance and their dreamings and are referred to as totems. For this weaving, the artist has created a barramundi.
Woven Mat Traditionally, Nganiyal (conical mats) were used as an insect screen when erected, and as a sitting mat when folded. They are used in Ceremony as well as a functional item. Nowadays, artists weave many different shapes including flat, round and oblong.
Woven Mat Traditionally, Nganiyal (conical mats) were used as an insect screen when erected, and as a sitting mat when folded. They are used in Ceremony as well as a functional item. Nowadays, artists weave many different shapes including flat, round and oblong.
Woven Mat Traditionally, Nganiyal (conical mats) were used as an insect screen when erected, and as a sitting mat when folded. They are used in Ceremony as well as a functional item. Nowadays, artists weave many different shapes including flat, round and oblong.
Mindirr (Pandanus Bag) Miṉḏirr (dilly bags) are made from gunga (Pandanus spiralis), baḻgurr (kurrajong) and natural bush dyes. The body of the miṉḏirr is made from gunga, and the handles from baḻgurr. Once the gunga fronds and baḻgurr bark have been collected, they are stripped and prepared then boiled with the dyes. Miṉḏirr were used traditionally for every day Read more…
Status: Stock Twelve Canoes (DVD) We live in Arnhem Land, in Northern Territory of Australia. For long time our people been wanting to show our culture to the world. We made that film, Ten Canoes. That was really beginning of it. So now here is our culture, our place, our history… Read more…
Status: Stock Ten Canoes (DVD) A parable of forbidden love from Australia’s mythical past, with storytelling by Australian icon David Gulpilil and starring his son Jamie as the covetous youth Dayini, Ten Canoes is a ground-breaking glimpse into aboriginal life centuries before European settlement. Shot in and around the Arafura Read more…
Status: Stock The Balanda and the Bark Canoes (DVD) The making of landmark film Ten Canoes provides the framework for the Balanda and the Bark Canoes, a documentary exploring much more than simply the practicalities of working with non-professional actos in crocodiles-infested waters. Long before cameras rolled on Ten Canoes, Read more…
Status: Stock Charlie’s Country (DVD) An official selection at the prestigious Cannes Film Festival, Charlie’s Country pairs renowned director Rolf de Heer with screen legend David Gulpilil for their third film collaboration following the multi-award winning Ten Canoes and their first feature The Tracker.
Status: Stock Still Our Country (DVD) A poetic celebration of country and culture, Still Our Country documents the swiftly changing lives of the Yolngu people of Ramingining in the Northern Territory. Originally conceived as an online installation, this evocative carnival of images and sounds makes a bold declaration of identity Read more…