Thiparra ( Shield ) - Kristian Coulthard Artist_Other Artists Card pack with 12 assorted

Card pack with 12 assorted cards featuring artwork from the National Museum of Australia exhibition Yiwarra Kuju: The Canning Stock Route

Size: 19 cm tall x 20 cm long

Damien's debut international art exhibition opened in London in September 2018

Bridget was forced to live in Darwin’s Kahlin compound

respected and accepted these ngangkari work collaboratively with hospitals and health professionals even beyond this region

Thiparra ( Shield ) - Kristian Coulthard Artist_Other Artists Card pack with 12 assortedThis beautifully handcrafted Sheild known as a Thiparra is hand carved out of Mulga and hand burnt by Kristian Coultard from Blinman in the Flinders Rangers SA. The shied is called a Thiparra the lines on the back represent story lines and song lines, the two etched lines represent our two moiety north wind and south wind. Etchings represent all the generations of our people, the etchings are coloured with red Ochre. Thiparra's were used for fighting