Boab - Alison Forrest Jewess James

Boab - Alison Forrest Jewess JamesPainted boab nut. Hand painted by Alison Forrest 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.

you can eat it cooked or sometimes dry

17 or 18 years old

there is a lot of jilji (Sandhill) that big one at the top you cant go that way

THIS PAINTING IS ALL ABOUT THE RIVER THE THINGS THAT WE EAT SAWFISH TURLE BARRAMUNDI

This is a small pirnti (claypan or depression that holds water in the wet season)

42 x 59cm - Print Size

spear grass

Thelma Judson

This painting is all about Two Munugkurr walked to Quanbun Station looking for they mother

170 x 90cm

and we find rusty metal objects

Near Millstream there's a place called Kangiangie