MOWANJUM ART AND CULTURE CENTRE

Status: Stock Gum Nut Bracelet These gum nuts are collected and painted by Barbara Bear.

Status: Stock Necklace

Status: Stock Gum Nut Necklace These were painted and also collected by Barbara Bear.

Status: Stock Gum nut Keyrings These are hand-collected and painted Gum nuts from Barbara Bear.

Status: Stock Earrings This are a variety of earrings, done by different artists in different styles.

Status: Stock made by Barbara Bear

Status: Stock Earring made by Barbara Bear

Status: Stock Gum Nut Earrings Barbara Bear is a dedicated jewellery maker. She picks the nuts from the tree in front of her house.

Status: Stock Dumbi Mama (sacred owl) Dumbi is an owl which resides in Ngarinyin country. Two boys teased Dumbi after they found his tree knocked over by the wind. Dumbi could not fly away because he was Mayanki oni (cold) and the Wilmi (dew) was sticking his feathers together. The Read more…

Status: Stock Boab nut (general) Ngarinyin, Woddorda  (Worrorra) and Wunambal are the three main languages of the North Kimberley language families. The Boab Tree is known by Wurnambal people as Jungurri, in  Woddorda as Jungurim and in Ngarinyin as Jungulan jirri, Larrgari jirri and Malawudi jirri. Boab or Larrgardi Trees Read more…