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Artwork Rulyapa

Rulyapa

This miny’tji represents Rulyapa, the rough saltwater country between Nhulunbuy and the large island of Dhambaliya, ballooning up from the secret depths, around the sacred rock Manhala, which can be a manifestation of Daymirri.

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Catalogue #: 3121V
Height: 128cm
Width / Diametre: 52cm
Medium: earth pigments on bark

Milminyina Dhamarrandji

Milminyina (pictured above with her granddaughter Dhå\ga` 3) was born in 1960 at Wirrwawuy, near Yirrkala and Nhulunbuy on the Gove Peninsula, at the very northeastern tip of the Northern Territory.

Yathiny

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Artwork Yathiny
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H: 110cm W: 43cm

Djalinda here has painted her mother’s Rirratjiu clan sea country at Yirrkala, the waters between the mainland and Bremer Island. read more

Lulumu

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Artwork Lulumu
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H: 69cm W: 36cm

The Madarrpa travelled to live permanently at Båniyala, clan land north on Blue Mud Bay under the direction of clan leader and father to the artist, Wakuthi. read more

Wuyal at the Wanambi Tree

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Artwork Wuyal at the Wanambi Tree
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H: 98cm W: 61cm

This painting is about Wuyal, the ancestral sugarbag man, an important ancestor of the Marrakulu clan of North East Arnhem Land. read more