Shire of East Pilbara (Martumili Artists)

Melbourne Dress-up

Melbourne Dress-up

Melbourne Dress-Up

On Country (Kunawarritji) Kunawarritji is an important site in the Great Sandy Desert where multiple stories and histories intersect. Originally a spring water and major Martu pujiman (traditional, desert dwelling) camping site, at the turn of the 20th century Kunawarritji was converted into a well along the Canning Stock Route. Read more…

On Country (Kaalpa) Kaalpa (Kalypa, Canning Stock Route Well 23) is a permanent water source located northeast of Kumpupirntily (Kumpupintily, Lake Disappointment). This site is a place of great cultural significance, and is also known for good hunting. Adjacent to the waterhole is a hill of the same name. The Read more…

On Country (Kaalpa) “Kaalpa (Kalypa, Canning Stock Route Well 23) is my grandfather’s Country. There’s a waterhole there, Kaalpa waterhole. It’s my two pops’ Country. They been walking around, hunting around Kaalpa. You can see a yapu (rock), warla (lake), claypans, karru (creek) and tuwa (sandhills) there. It’s on the [Canning] Stock Route, it’s Well 23.   In pujiman (traditional, desert Read more…

Family Bus “I always use to watch CB (Cynthia Burke) and other ladies weave at Tjanpi Desert Weavers and then I decided to do my own.  I went to the dump and I saw a shape like a bus and I thought to myself that I might make a bus Read more…

Basket Weaving is a skill that has been practiced by Martu for thousands of years in the making of utilitarian and ceremonial items, such as yakapiri (bark sandals) and manguri (head pads for balancing carved carrying dishes). However, coiled basket weaving as an artform is a relatively newly adopted practice for Read more…

Punmu “These here are the waterholes around Punmu, [including] Rawa spring. Rawa means long time. [There’s also] Tuu-tuu, Jila-jila, Wirlarra and Yilyara.” – Danielle Booth Punmu refers to a region and an Aboriginal community within its vicinity, located 670km North-East of Newman. Created during the return to Country movement of Read more…

The Wanti Sylvia Wilson explains a series of works paper called, Mum, The Boss, My daughter and the wanti (woman). (working title) “It’s pretty much the line of thought of my family. So that’s my daughter and then my granny (nan nan they call her) and then my mum, SW. And that’s my nanna Read more…