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ARTIST PROFILE Peggy Griffiths Peggy was born 1941 on Newry Station in the far north-west of the Northern Territory. Peggy's father- Frank Moore- worked as a stockman on the cattle station. She then relocated with her mother Dianah Dingil to Ivanhoe Station in the East Kimberley (Western Australia)- and attended school until the age of 15. Old Argyle Station was her next home- when she married Alan Griffiths- a stockman and drover and now an Internationally renowned artist. Peggy and Alan reside in the largest town in the East Kimberley- Kununurra. She commenced carving artefacts in 1985- and soon after progressed to painting with the first art centre in the region- Waringarri Arts- where she is now a Senior artist and former Chairperson. Peggy is also a member of the Executive Committee of The Association of Northern- Kimberley and Arnhem Aboriginal Artists (ANKAAA). A primary function of the ANKAAA charter is to protect the rights of artists and promote ethical business practice in the Indigenous art i Less

Please Note: Image shown is not actual product. Image is an indication of a carved boab nut only. All nuts are individually carved and carvings vary with each nut. _________ BOAB NUTS OF THE KIMBERLEY The Boab Tree is a mystery in itself - purportedly native to Madagascar- it grows in Australia only in the Kimberley Region of West Australia and the Victoria River area of the Northern Territory. Its trunk is voluminous- often trees are seen growing in "triplicate" (three trunks intertwined)- its branches spiderlike in comparison with the bulky trunk - impressively monolithic to say the least. Aboriginal people used it for shelter- and its large "nuts" for food and medicinal purposes. The early white settlers often chose particular trees as meeting places on stock routes when droving - and then there is the Prison Boab near Derby- able to hold overnight up to ten prisoners en route to the next town. The Boab Tree has now become part of the Art of the Aboriginal people - the large nuts provide a wonderful avenu Less

Please Note: Image shown is not actual product. Image is an indication of a carved boab nut only. All nuts are individually carved and carvings vary with each nut. _________ BOAB NUTS OF THE KIMBERLEY The Boab Tree is a mystery in itself - purportedly native to Madagascar- it grows in Australia only in the Kimberley Region of West Australia and the Victoria River area of the Northern Territory. Its trunk is voluminous- often trees are seen growing in "triplicate" (three trunks intertwined)- its branches spiderlike in comparison with the bulky trunk - impressively monolithic to say the least. Aboriginal people used it for shelter- and its large "nuts" for food and medicinal purposes. The early white settlers often chose particular trees as meeting places on stock routes when droving - and then there is the Prison Boab near Derby- able to hold overnight up to ten prisoners en route to the next town. The Boab Tree has now become part of the Art of the Aboriginal people - the large nuts provide a wonderful aven Less