Maningrida Arts & Culture

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Man-ngalinj (bush potato) Man-ngalinj is a root vegetable often described as ‘bush potato’. It’s duwa, the artist’s moiety. It has a bulbous root and a long thin vine with small flowers that grows across the ground or up the trunks of nearby trees. Large crops can be found near the Read more…

Banaka ‘digging stick’ This is a Jowunga design, associated with Mick England’s mother country of Barlparnarra.

Kunkale Wobe (Fishtrap Fence)

Miwal Stanley is part of the Marrangu people, who share a songline that stretches from Ritjarrngu country on the Gulf of Carpentaria right up towrads the East to Raymanggirr, a place close to Gapuwiyak owned by Balkarranydji, who are another Marrangu clan. This songline celebrates the travels of Djarwarri, the Read more…

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Kunkale Wobe (Fishtrap Fence)

Banaka ‘digging stick’ This is a Jowunga design, associated with Mick England’s mother country of Barlparnarra.

Bush Jewellery – Earrings The women of Maningrida and surrounding homelands use a combination of locally found seeds, bone and shells to make a variety of jewellery including necklaces. earrings and bracelets.  Many of the artists use complex patterns and designs to make their beautiful creations.

Bush Jewellery – Earrings The women of Maningrida and surrounding homelands use a combination of locally found seeds, bone and shells to make a variety of jewellery including necklaces. earrings and bracelets.  Many of the artists use complex patterns and designs to make their beautiful creations.