Boab - Phyllis Waye Anna Dick

Boab - Phyllis Waye Anna DickPainted boab nut. Hand painted by Phyllis Waye. 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.

" Happening in the early days

The bush tucker we collect is good mangari (eating) and kept us healthy

I will get to the main one

60 x 60cm

My painting is about dry season time

and cook him like damper

Ngurti or timber coolamon

The small U shapes are little sandhills and the dots are grass

a special place to my family

Hand-woven locally

when it is in bloom

Artwork // Scrub Bull