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Artwork Magalili Iconography

Magalili Iconography

The Magalili clan have estates of country that run from Groote Eylandt to Djarrakpi and further back down Blue Mud Bay up the Wayawu River past Dhuruputjpi and as far away as Maningrida.

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Catalogue #: 1912Z
Height: 95cm
Width / Diametre: 54cm
Medium: natural earth pigments on bark

Naminapu Maymuru-White

Naminapu’s major interest is her art. She is an extremely versatile artist with skills in the areas of painting, carving, screen-printing, weaving, lino-cuts and batik work.

Ruwakpuy

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Artwork Ruwakpuy
bark

H: 0cm W: 0cm

This work relates to poisonous snakes at Bremer Island This documentation with inaccuracies and misspellings in drawn from the documentations by Ronald Berndt in 1947 of a crayon drawing from the artist’s father, Mawalan. read more

Buyku

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Artwork Buyku
bark

H: 150cm W: 42cm

Artworks of this nature have multiple layers of metaphor and meaning which give lessons about the connections between an individual and specific pieces of country (both land and sea), as well as the connections between various clans but also explaining the forces that act upon and within the environment and the mechanics of a spirit’s path through existence. read more

Warrukay

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Artwork Warrukay
bark

H: 31cm W: 118cm

Patterns on this bark refer to |alkan an area on |aymil clan land. read more