MOWANJUM ART AND CULTURE CENTRE

Gyorn Gyorns, Bush food This painting represents bush food. The Gyorns also represent hunters, collectors and gatherers.

Wandjina, Ungud, Gyorns This painting represents the Wandjina, Creator for the Woddordda, Ngarinyin and Wanambul Tribe. The Gyorns gave the dance and Unguds are significant sacred spiritual representations of country, people, love and customs.

Gyorn Gyorns This painting represents the bush foods of the country and how it was collected.

Gyorn Gyorn This Gyorn Gyorn painting represents the bush food of the area. The hunting tools around it were used in collecting this food.

Wandjinas (cloud and rain spirits) Where you see a lot of Wandjinas they represent the laws of trees, rivers, rocks, bush fruit, animals and all of creation. The Wandjinas give the law on how we have to treat and use these creations. These customs are carried on today. The Wandjina Read more…

Wandjina & Dumbee The Wandjina is the creator spirit that belongs to us: the Wororra, Ngarinyin and Wunumbul people. He is the one that created everything; our culture, law and songs and even the dreaming of each child before they are born.  Dumbi is an owl which resides in Ngarinyin Read more…

Wandjina & Wara Inja (cloud and rain spirits & kangaroo) The Wandjina spirits are highly respected by the Worrora, Ngarinyin and Wunumbul people who live at Mowanjum and up the Gibb River Road to Kalumburru in the North West Kimberley region of Western Australia. Where you see a lot of Read more…

Wandjina (cloud and rain spirits)_Framed The Wandjina spirits are highly respected by the Worrora, Ngarinyin and Wunumbul people who live at Mowanjum and along the Gibb River Road to Kalumburru in the North West Kimberley region of Western Australia. Wandjina represents the laws of everything the surrounds us trees, rivers, Read more…

Wandjina and Kangaroo The Wandjina spirits are highly respected by the Worrora, Ngarinyin and Wunumbul people who live at Mowanjum and up the Gibb River Road to Kalumburru in the North West Kimberley region of Western Australia. Where you see a lot of Wandjinas they represent the laws of tree, Read more…

Black-headed Python, Flood, 4 womens and queen Wandjina bees Black Headed Pythons In the dreamtime the black-headed pythons and their partner the widgignardi (quoll) were all living in a cave- they were humans then. One day he told them that there was a tribal fight along the coast, and he Read more…