Gecko File Snake and Long Tom This piece by local custodian Frankie “Tango” Lane depicts three animals. At top is a gecko, commonly found in houses or “kamps”. At the middle is a file snake, or “quiet snake”. These snakes are found in billabongs and are tasty tucker. They are Read more…
Mimi dancing This painting depicts four Mimi spirits dancing. Also included are some bush tools such as two spears, a mako or didgeridoo, clap sticks and a dilly bag. Painting has been completed using a handmade Jarlk brush harvested from local billabongs and wet areas. Raark or fine line work Read more…
Goanna This carving by Harry Malibirr is depicts a local source of bush tucker, the goanna. It is made from kurrajong wood and painted with acrylic paint. The paintwork is finished with traditional rarrk (fine line cross-hatching). Wood carving has always been part of Aboriginal culture and Djilpin artists continue this Read more…
Archer (Rifle) Fish 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 Read more…
Yok – Bandicoot This handmade Yok sculpture is crafted from a combination of paperbark bound with black wattle bark. Internally speargrass makes up the body or stuffing, while externally the piece is finished in natural ochre sourced from long distances away. Ochre is ground, and then bonded onto the sculpture using a Read more…
Sugar Bag Bee This handmade Sugarbag Bee sculpture is crafted from a combination of paperbark bound with black wattle bark. Internally speargrass makes up the body or stuffing, while externally the piece is finished in natural ochre sourced from long distances away. Ochre is ground, and then bonded onto the sculpture using a Read more…
Bush Rat 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…
Bird 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 to Read more…
Bird 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 to Read more…
Bird 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 to Read more…