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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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'Kumpupirntily' by Jakayu Biljabu and Dadda Samson, 2007
This painting, a collaboration between Jakayu Biljabu and Dadda Samson, tells part of the story of the journey of the Ng...
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Fibre basket by Rosie Williams, 2008
"Before I started painting, I learnt to make baskets from an old lady ? Jakayu's [Biljabu] sister-in-law [Yupinya Eubena...
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'Minyipuru' by Rita Simpson, Rosie Williams and Dulcie Gibbs...
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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'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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'Lowulowuku Yinta' by Mulyatingki Marney, 2008
Lowulowuku yinta is a permanent water and jurnu (soak), represented here by a single brown rock hole among rainbow-colou...
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'Warla' by Billy Thomas, 2008
'Warla' are the salt lakes like Lake Disappointment and the Percival Lakes that the Canning Stock Route intersected. The...
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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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Piti or wooden container with pokerwork of Kungkarangkaipa T...
The Seven Sisters Songline travels from the west to the east across the far western and central deserts. The sisters are...
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Parrying shield made by Jack Shepherd, Byrock, New South Wal...
Original labelling on 1985.0059.0286 reads: "Mulga Tribe/1908/Byrock". Edmund Milne (1861-1917) was born in England and...
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'Lake Disappointment' by Yanjimi Peter Rowlands, 2008
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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'Tika Tika' by Nola Campbell, 2008
The Tika Tika rock holes were made by Ngirntaka, the perentie goanna. Ngirntaka stopped here for one night during the Ju...
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'JuntuJuntu: Minyipuru and Kurrkurr' by Nancy Chapman, 2007
Several stories intersect this painting, though it is focussed on the Minyipuru (Seven Sisters) Jukurrpa. On their journ...
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'Marapinti' by Josephine Nangala, 2008
Marapinti is a rock hole west of Kiwirrkurra, and the easternmost point on the Seven Sisters' journey across Martu Count...
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Cartoon titled 'Dues Paid', by Ian R. Sharpe, 2008
This cartoon of Julia Gillard appeared in The Canberra Times on 20 July 2008. She became the first woman to hold the po...
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Club made by Jimmy Parker, Cobar, New South Wales, 1912
Original label on 1985.0059.0100 reads: ' "Witchanurra"/for close fighting/Mulga Tribe/Jimmy Parker/Cobar/E.M. April 19...
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'Kumpupirntily Cannibal Story' by Billy Atkins, 2008
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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