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 #: 3152E
Height: 97cm
Width / Diametre: 39cm
Medium: natural 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.

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H: 166cm W: 90cm

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