Palingarri awarra naki jilamara kapi Bima Wear

• Design: Yirrinkiripwoja
• Colour: Black on Grey
• Size: 3m

• Artist: Carmel Kantilla
• Design: Wanarringa (Sun)
• Colour: Brown and Off White on Yellow
• Material: Cotton 
• Size: 3m

My tribe (yiminga) is Sun. Our yiminga is inherited from our mothers. Murtankala (the original creator) told the Sun Woman to create light and darkness. She gave her bark that was on fire and told her to carry it across the sky to the west and come up again in the east. She also gave bark that was on fire and told her to carry it across the sky to the west and come up again in the east. She also gave bark that was on fire to Japarra the Moon Man to carry across the sky through the night.

• Artist: Agnes Portamini
• Design: Jilimara Crocodile Back 
• Colour: Dark Blue on Light Blue Linen
• Material: Linen 
• Size: 3m

This is the story of Yirrikipayi, the man who became the crocodile. He lived at Cape Fourcroy but he did not want to share the land with other Tiwi. A big fight happened. Men chased and speared Yirrikipayi, before he crawled into the sea to become the crocodile. He still has the spearheads along his spine. The bunch of spears he was carrying have become his long tail.

• Artist: Bima Wear
  
• Design: Minga 
• Colours: Copper and Ochre on Brown Cotton

• Artist: Theresa (Tara) Munkanome, Bima Wear
  
• Design: Pukamani Pole
• Details: Two Designs over layered  
• Colours: Light Blue and Peach on Navy Cotton

One year after a person passes away, they call all the tribes. In the past we passed a purinijiti (letter stick) from camp to camp to say there will be a big ceremony. The men carve and then paint Pukumani Poles to represent our loved ones who passed, and place them around their grave. We traditionally used bloodwood or eucalyptus and would leave them to naturally break down and decay.