Shire of East Pilbara (Martumili Artists)

Status: Stock Handwoven woven raffia necklace with beading  Handwoven woven raffia necklace with beading assorted designs

Travelling along the road This work portrays an area known to the artist, painted here from memory. During the pujiman (traditional, desert dwelling) era one’s survival depended on their intimate knowledge of the location of resources; thus physical elements of Country, such as sources of kapi (water), tali (sandhills), and Read more…

Kipara (Australian bustard, bush turkey) Kipara (Australian Bustard, bush turkey) are ground-dwelling, large, speckled grey-brown birds found in the plains of the Western Desert and across northern Australia. Kipara fly long distances in the search of food, and were once widespread among the plains of Australia. However, following colonisation they Read more…

Mulyamiji The Mulyamiji or Great Desert Skink is a large burrowing skink found across Martu country, with reddish-brown scales and a yellow underbelly. Traditionally a food source during pujiman (traditional, desert dwelling) times and deeply connected with lore and Jukurrpa (Dreamtime) stories, mulyamiji are now a threatened species. Martu work extensively across the Western Desert Read more…

Bidyadanga Reef Bidyadanga is a community located on the Kimberley coast in Western Australia, where the Great Sandy Desert meets the sea. The word Bidyadanga is derived from pijarta/ bidyada (emu watering hole).

Bidyadanga Reef Bidyadanga is a community located on the Kimberley coast in Western Australia, where the Great Sandy Desert meets the sea. The word Bidyadanga is derived from pijarta/ bidyada (emu watering hole).

Mungili Waterholes and Rockholes – Marlene Anderson “No one goes there and sees that landscape. Only two, Mr and Mrs [refers to footsteps in painting]. They was walking to see if the water was in there. Walking on the creek sand, they see the colours and walk down to the Read more…

Family Groups In the heart of central Western Australia, the Martu people are the traditional owners of a vast landscape stretching from the Great Sandy Desert in the north to Wiluna in the south. Across this Country, their lives are bound by a common ancestral heritage, law, and culture. To Read more…

Family Groups In the heart of central Western Australia, the Martu people are the traditional owners of a vast landscape stretching from the Great Sandy Desert in the north to Wiluna in the south. Across this Country, their lives are bound by a common ancestral heritage, law, and culture. To Read more…

Untitled – Shark