Boab - John Prince Siddon Jennifer Dickens

Boab - John Prince Siddon Jennifer DickensPainted boab nut. Hand Painted by Mangkaja Chairman, John Prince Siddon. 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.

Hand-made by Tushara Shaw

I stay there for three or four years just to get back on my feet again

waterholes and springs

I told everybody

Them old people tell the young ones to go down and get some sugarleaf for cooking

Hand-carved by Daniel Yamalulu

Some times it upsets me when anyone mentions my accident

and flowers after the wet season

Seed necklace

Help is on the way"

This is warrimba (flood) this before the flood when the flood comes it covers everything in the land water holes and creeks Margret River Gooniyandi country

When I was young we were living there