Carved tree, or dendroglyph,
near Gin Gin, New South Wales.

Guldana the spirit by Mungurrawuy,
Yirrkala, eastern Arnhem Land, circa 1976.

Straw-necked ibis by Johnny Mayarra,
from Ramingining, eastern Arnhem Land.

Poles from the Marradjiri ceremony,
Maningrida area.

Nellie Patterson polishes her carved animals
at the craft collection centre at Amata,
South Australia.

Carved and painted ironwood figures
by Declan Apuatimi, Bathurst Island.

Djambuwal the thunder man,
a wooden sculpture by Mawalan,
Yirrkala, eastern Arnhem Land, 1948.

These poles are used as ritual payment to the
families hosting the Maradjiri ceromonies.
The poles are bound with string, painted and
decorated with featerbands and strings.

Community craft centres market art pieces to
galleries, museums and private collectors.