Boab - Dominic McLarty Mayapu Elsie Thomas

Boab - Dominic McLarty Mayapu Elsie ThomasPainted boab nut. Hand painted by Dominic McLarty. Boab nuts are synonymous with the Kimberley region. Many artists start their careers carving and painting boabs for sale as gifts, decorations and for sharing stories before moving onto painting on canvas and other art forms. Artefacts are made locally by artists and craftspeople, many of whom are Mangkaja artists. Keep an eye out for their paintings in our artwork section.

The two little circle represent small waterholes and their sandhill (jilji) all around the waterhole

my family comes from the desert

Food for camels

but this morning I felt a sharp pain in my back

and cook him like damper

The karlpartu in the jila is cheeky

There are hills

Help is on the way"

Yurnpu and Yurlpu

WE ALWAYS LIVED OF THE LAND WITH BUSH TUCKER

This two jila Warampartijari

Lukarrarra (a type of spinifex grass)