Boab - Simon George Mervyn Street

Boab - Simon George Mervyn StreetCarved boab nut. Hand carved by Simon George. 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.

Jimmy Nerrimah

Hand-Painted by Mangkaja Chairman

Taryn Carrington

THESE THREE CROCODILES LAYING BENNEATH THE WATER IN THE DEEP

He hidden itfrom all the other anmials birds and the Bunuba tribe then one day Wardahwhi falocn got angry he picked up a stick and flew high in the sky and threw jarwie ( top Brooking with a lot of force the water rushed out of the rocks and created springs

When the old horse is finished we need those young horse

This is about Gogo station on the old road

in my country

the station men got angry and killed lots of our people

We use grass at the bottom

They also shared food and hunted together

Hand-Painted by Anna Dick