HEATHER KOOWOOTHA | 'My Po'al' | Acrylic paint / binder medium / ochres on linen Keith Wikmunea My uncle’s boat broke down

My uncle’s boat broke down

" - Paula Savage

DEBRA MURRAY | 'Gijalordi Ninanyanyu' | 2011 | Screenprint | Paper size: 46 x 33

Totem: Crocodile

the Rainbow Serpent

HEATHER KOOWOOTHA | 'My Po'al' | Acrylic paint / binder medium / ochres on linen Keith Wikmunea My uncle’s boat broke down"This painting is about collecting bush dyes and bush fibres to make waangk (dillybags). I learnt about this from sitting down with my aunty Parly Yunkaporta and she showed me how to make those string bags. She showed me all the colourful bush dyes that you can turn the bush string into bright and lovely colours. I used to sit down with my aunty outside of the Old Aurukun Villiage. There was no modern homes built in those days. They lived in a tin