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Artwork Baraltja

Baraltja

The Ancestral Lightning Snake Mundukul has residence in an area of flood plain that drains into Blue Mud Bay close to the Dhalwau saltwater site of Garraparra.

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Catalogue #: 3119V
Height: 135cm
Width / Diametre: 39cm
Medium: earth pigments on bark

Gunybi Ganambarr

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Has mainly lived and worked as an artist at Gå]ga], sometimes based at Dhuruputjpi or Yilpara. read more

Yalata

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Artwork Yalata
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This work depicts early events during Ancestral (and present) times at Yalata close to the Dhu[i-Djapu clan homeland of Dhuruputjpi (about three hours drive southwest from Yirrkala). read more

Djerrka

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Artwork Djerrka
bark

H: 142cm W: 41cm

The top and bottom of the work is the stony country of Yanawal, where activities of Wuyal the Sugarbag Man were that of seeking honey and felling trees transforming the landscape as he went - for example the Gurka’wuy River that runs into Trail Bay at Gurka’wuy was created in this way. read more

Gå]ga] Waters

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Artwork Gå]ga] Waters
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A sacred expanse of water behind the Gå]ga] outstation where this bark was produced is referred to as Gulutji. read more