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Fish Trap Wood carving has always been part of Aboriginal culture and Djilpin artists continue this tradition. Men carved wood for many purposes – tools for hunting or gathering food, axes and knives for building shelters, spears and clubs for protection of their lives and territory, objects for ceremony and Read more…

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Woven Bracelet Fibre Art is an ancient Aboriginal women’s craft that is still made today using the same techniques as their ancestors. Making fibre art is labour intensive and much care and fine needlework is required to ensure the finished object is both functional and beautiful. Fibre art from the Read more…

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Woven Bracelet Fibre Art is an ancient Aboriginal women’s craft that is still made today using the same techniques as their ancestors. Making fibre art is labour intensive and much care and fine needlework is required to ensure the finished object is both functional and beautiful. Fibre art from the Read more…

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Woven Bracelet Fibre Art is an ancient Aboriginal women’s craft that is still made today using the same techniques as their ancestors. Making fibre art is labour intensive and much care and fine needlework is required to ensure the finished object is both functional and beautiful. Fibre art from the Read more…

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My Dreaming This painting represents three of Harry’s dreaming, spider, bat and longneck turtle shown on four separate panels. Painting has been completed using a handmade grass reed brush called Jarlk. Jarlk has been harvested from billabongs and wet areas and shaped so that it can create the fine line work Read more…

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Dingo and Bats This painting depicts a dreaming of Mantjorr (bats) and Gukki (dingo) hiding in a nearby cave. Translated from Kunarbingu: “They are in my song line. This is my Dads and my dreaming and songline. Dingo he can smell the spirits. We call him gukki. You can’t go into that Read more…

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Woven Mat Fibre Art is an ancient Aboriginal women’s craft that is still made today using the same techniques as their ancestors. Making fibre art is labour intensive and much care and fine needlework is required to ensure the finished object is both functional and beautiful. Fibre art from the Read more…

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Handbag Fibre Art is an ancient Aboriginal women’s craft that is still made today using the same techniques as their ancestors. Making fibre art is labour intensive and much care and fine needlework is required to ensure the finished object is both functional and beautiful. Fibre art from the Ghunmarn Read more…

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Handbag Fibre Art is an ancient Aboriginal women’s craft that is still made today using the same techniques as their ancestors. Making fibre art is labour intensive and much care and fine needlework is required to ensure the finished object is both functional and beautiful. Fibre art from the Ghunmarn Read more…

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