Boab - Daniel Yamalulu Grant Judson

Boab - Daniel Yamalulu Grant JudsonCarved boab nut. Hand carved by Daniel Yamalulu. 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.

The trees l paint

The junu (soakwater) fill up with rain water

My families walked out from the desert many years ago leaving they homeland behind

The smaller white circles show the walnuts on the tree and the large white circles are the nut itself

This is what the billabong looks like after the wet season and the water has pushed everything into it from when the billabong and river connected

Working hard like a windmill

Hand-carved by Jasmine Carter

surrounded by green grass

60 x 120cm

When I was young we were living there

There is good living water here

Dorothy Forrest