Status: Stock Fiona Mosby Piru Piru is the Kala Kawa Ya dialect name for this beautiful tiny bird which is like a honey eater. They make their nests out of grass and leaves and they hang from branches and under sheltered areas. There is a small opening at the top Read more…
Status: Stock David Bosun In Mualgal culture, traditional adoption is a deeply ingrained andmeaningful practice that serves multiple purposes, such as strengthening kinship ties, ensuring the well-being and care of children, passing down cultural knowledge and traditions, and reinforcing land tenure customs.
Status: Stock Babetha Nawia Feathers are used in head dresses in my culture. We imitate our young warriors and gods of the islands who wore feathers as armour.
Status: Stock Gertie Tomsana My story is about garden kaikai. I grew up with my parents planting cassava bones, this monyotha leaf gives me a glimpse of my childhood.
Status: Stock Helen-Joy Tomsana Blossom represents spring, a new beginning and growth.
Status: Stock David Bosun Dugongs are usually able to reproduce by the age of nine or ten years though/ sometime not until as late as 15 years. A female Dugong can only have one calf every 3-7 year and the pregnancy lasts 12-14 months. to keep the new born calf Read more…
Status: Stock Solomon Booth Dhangal Urgnu Tidiak relates to the herd of dugong moving between feeding grounds when the tide is right.
Art centre notes: Made from natural raffia. The dyes used on the raffia are commercial and colour fast. The findings are sterling silver plate.
Art centre notes: Made from natural raffia. The dyes used on the raffia are commercial and colour fast. The findings are sterling silver plate.
Basket Art Centre notes: The basket is made of dyed natural raffia. The dyes are commercial and colour fast. It is made using a traditional coil method. It has a thick strap, 6cm wide. 17cm High, 30cm wide.