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'Minyipuru' by Jakayu Biljabu, 2008
This painting describes the journey of the Minyipuru (Seven Sisters) while they were still travelling as a large group o...
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Semi-hemispherical hollow wooden container from Orara River ...
Original labelling on 1985.0059.0321 reads: "Coolabah/for/food water or honey/Orara River/1898". Edmund Milne (1861-191...
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Burl used to hold ochre
The wooden bowl, also known as a "burl", was used to hold ochre by artists to apply to possum skins produced for a proje...
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'Murrdakurlies 2 (Tasmanian Tiger)', Juanella McKenzie, 2008
This painting by Juanella McKenzie explores the story of the Tasmanian Tiger which is part of Adnyamathanha dreaming. Th...
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Yakapiri (bark sandals)
Worn as protection against desert sands, scorched to un-walkable temperatures by the summer sun, yakapiri (woven bark sa...
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'Kunkun' by Nora Nangapa, Nora Wompi, Bugai Whylouter, Kumpa...
Sisters Muni, Rosie and Dulcie grew up in the Country they have depicted in this painting. This painting shows the water...
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'Kiriwirri' by Jan Billycan, 2008
"Kiriwirri, round one jila. Living water. I born Kiriwirri. All brother and sister born Kiriwirri." (Jan Billycan) This...
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Wooden container
WD 65 - A2 was used by Janindu in one of Ian Dunlop's "Peoples of the Australian Western Desert".
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Piti
A wooden bowl or piti made from a river red gum. It features a curved pattern synonymous with central desert crafts and ...
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Wooden container from Charlotte Waters, Northern Territory, ...
Original labelling on 1985.0059.0318 reads: "Pitchie/Charlotte Waters/1891/Central Aus". Edmund Milne (1861-1917) was bo...
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'Cannibal Story' by Billy Atkins, 2003
Kumpupirntily is a vast dry salt lake that dominates the country east of the Canning Stock Route, from wells 18 to 21. E...
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'Kiriwirri' by Jan Billycan, 2008
[This painting is part of a diptych with IR 5004.0022] Kiriwirri is in the Great Sandy Desert just west of the Canning ...
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'Tapu Country' by Jukuna Mona Chuguna, 2008
"This is a jila and billabong in Tapu country. There is a true story to this painting about two old men that got burnt b...
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