Boab - Barry Nuggett Dominic Mclarty

Boab - Barry Nuggett Dominic MclartyCarved boab nut. Hand carved by Barry Nuggett. 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.

Our people came down from Canning Stock Route

60 x 60cm

We never have blankets no nothing no flour no sugar

Real Hard Country The Great Sandy Desert

I told everybody

Timber boomerang pair

you can eat it cooked or sometimes dry

Elizabeth Ford Wobby

dirty blood was going inside my vain

Jean Rangi

Seed necklace

We would gift it to our teachers and people as a gift from our country