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 Aboriginal
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Aboriginal paintings are a rich and varied art
form. This online gallery offers a fine selection
of Australian Aboriginal paintings by artists from
communities in the Kimberley, Central and Western
Desert and Top End (including Arnhem Land) regions
of Australia.
The variety of painting styles in the regions
is described in our Regions
and communities section.
Paintings are arranged by regions - click on
the link to see paintings from a particular region.
If you want to read a short biography of the one
of the artists, go to the Art
and Artists section of our Website.
The prices below are in Australian dollars and
do not include packing, delivery and insurance
- use the "Enquire" button to confirm availability
of a painting and the cost of delivery. To check
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Gayle Napangardi Gibson |
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Mina Mina Jukurrpa |
| Price: |
$750.00 in Australia and Export. |
| PA821, 2015 |
| Acrylic on canvas |
| 61 x 91 cm |
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This ‘Jukurrpa’ (Dreaming) comes from Mina Mina, a very important women’s Dreaming site far to the west of Yuendumu near Lake Mackay and the WA border. There are a number of ‘mulju’ (water soakages) and a ‘maluri’ (clay pan) at Mina Mina. In the Dreamtime, ancestral women danced at Mina Mina and ‘karlangu’ (digging sticks) rose up out of the ground. The women collected the digging sticks and then travelled on to the east, dancing, digging for bush tucker, collecting ‘ngalyipi’ (snake vine), and creating many places as they went. ‘Ngalyipi’ is a rope-like creeper that grows up the trunks and limbs of trees, including ‘kurrkara’ (desert oak). It is used as a ceremonial wrap and as a strap to carry ‘parraja’ (coolamons) and ‘ngami’ (water carriers). ‘Ngalyipi’ is also used to tie around the forehead to cure headaches, and to bind cuts. The women stopped at Karntakurlangu, Janyinki, Parapurnta, Kimayi, and Munyuparntiparnti, sites spanning from the west to the east of Yuendumu. When they stopped, the women dug for bush foods like ‘jintiparnta’ (desert truffle). The Dreaming track eventually took them far beyond Warlpiri country. In many paintings of this Jukurrpa, sinuous lines are used to represent the ‘ngalyipi’ (snake vine). Concentric circles are often used to represent the ‘jintiparnta’ (desert truffles) that the women have collected, while straight lines can be used to depict the ‘karlangu’ (digging sticks). |
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$33 |
| North America |
$77 |
| Europe/Other |
$77 |
| Asia/Pacific |
$66 |
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Lucky Nampijinpa Langdon |
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Watiya-warnu Jukurrpa - Seed Dreaming |
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$300.00 in Australia and Export. |
| PA824, 2015 |
| Acrylic on canvas |
| 46 x 46 cm |
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This painting tells the story of a Jangala ‘watiya-warnu’ ancestor who travelled south from a small hill called Ngurlupurranyangu to Yamunturrngu (Mount Liebig). As he travelled he picked the ‘watiya-warnu’ seeds and placed them in ‘parrajas’ (food carriers), one of which he carried on his head. Watiya-warnu is a seed bearing tree that grows in open spinifex or mulga country. When people returned to their camp after collecting the seeds they would make large windbreaks for shelter and winnow the seed in the late afternoon. Immature ‘watiya-warnu’ seed is ground into a paste and can be used to treat upset stomachs. The associated ‘watiya-warnu’ ceremony involves the preparation of a large ground painting. In paintings of this Dreaming ‘U’ shapes are often depicting women collecting the ‘watiya-warnu’ seeds. Oval shapes represent the ‘parrajas’ where they carry the seeds and strait lines beside them frequently portrait digging sticks. |
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| Australia |
$33 |
| North America |
$77 |
| Europe/Other |
$77 |
| Asia/Pacific |
$66 |
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Roslyn Karedada |
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Wandjinas |
| Price: |
$2585.00 in Australia
$2350.00 for Export. |
| PA770, 2001 |
| Ochres on canvas |
| 100 x 140 cm |
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The Wandjinas are ‘the spirits in the clouds’. These spectacular Wandjina figures are found in rock art sites in many caves widely throughout the Kimberley. The figures depicted in the caves have two meanings: the figures are both human in form and cloud-like. The Wandjina figures have an elaborate head-dress which may be described as the hair of the Wandjina, but which is also the cloud. Some figures have long protruding lines around the head which are both the feathers that the Wandjina wore and the lightning which he/she controls. It is understood that the clouds that come starting the arrival of the monsoonal rains (the Wet Season) are the Wandjinas themselves. Aboriginal people believe that should the Wandjina be offended then the Wandjinas will take their revenge by calling up lightning to strike the offender dead, or rain to flood the land and drown the people, or cyclone with its gales to devastate the country. These are the powers which the Wandjinas can use. |
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| Australia |
$33 |
| North America |
$77 |
| Europe/Other |
$77 |
| Asia/Pacific |
$66 |
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Kevin Waina |
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Whallarwhroo |
| Price: |
$1595.00 in Australia
$1450.00 for Export. |
| PA771, 2001 |
| Ochres on canvas |
| 80 x 100 cm |
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The artist paints using hand ground ochre’s collected from the Kimberley region. His work reflects the Aboriginal rock art sites of the Kimberley region. He remembers his father taking him to many such rock art sites and he still visits them occasionally with his children. The Bradshaw figures are called Allarwhroo that accompany the Wallarwhroo (the Wandjina figure) and the snake Ungud is the python. |
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| Australia |
$33 |
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$77 |
| Europe/Other |
$77 |
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$66 |
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Kevin Waina |
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Whallarwhroo |
| Price: |
$1595.00 in Australia
$1450.00 for Export. |
| PA773, 2001 |
| Ochres on canvas |
| 80 x 100 cm |
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The artist paints using hand ground ochres collected from the Kimberley region. His work reflects the Aboriginal rock art sites of the Kimberley region. He remembers his father taking him to many such rock art sites and he still visits them occasionally with his children. |
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| Australia |
$33 |
| North America |
$77 |
| Europe/Other |
$77 |
| Asia/Pacific |
$66 |
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Rosie Mulligan |
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Kakuru |
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$440.00 in Australia
$400.00 for Export. |
| PA777, 2008 |
| Ochres on canvas |
| 70 x 45 cm |
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Kakuru is the Walmajarri word for freshwater mussels. Kakuru were an important food source when people lived a traditional lifestyle and were dug from the sand in waterways near Lake Gregory in the Great Sandy Desert. |
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| Australia |
$33 |
| North America |
$77 |
| Europe/Other |
$77 |
| Asia/Pacific |
$66 |
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Nellie Gordon |
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Parnany Rijikarrinyu - Old Women Ceremony |
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$1870.00 in Australia
$1700.00 for Export. |
| PA778, 2011 |
| Ochres on canvas |
| 90 x 120 cm |
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This work is one of a series that Nellie painted to record and remember the role of women in traditional ceremony. The semi-circular shapes in the work represent the breasts of women painted for ceremony. The larger shapes are those breast of older women - Parnany and the smaller shapes those of young girls - Wamala. The women used white or yellow ochre as paint and each group of women used a particular design. This design was consistent throughout the group and was like a signature indicating the country you belong to and the dreaming of that country. |
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| Australia |
$33 |
| North America |
$77 |
| Europe/Other |
$77 |
| Asia/Pacific |
$66 |
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Rosie Mulligan |
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Living Water |
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$605.00 in Australia
$550.00 for Export. |
| PA779, 2008 |
| Ochres on canvas |
| 80 x 60 cm |
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Rosie was born at Yungngora (Noonkanbah) and grew up on the banks of the Noonkanbah River. The pattern in this work represents waterholes near the Noonkanbar River. These are permanent water (“living water”) and come bubbling up from the ground. This water is also quite hot. |
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| Australia |
$33 |
| North America |
$77 |
| Europe/Other |
$77 |
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$66 |
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