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Artwork Buyku

Buyku

Paintings 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.

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Catalogue #: 3320Y
Height: 127cm
Width / Diametre: 72cm
Medium: earth pigments on bark

Djirrirra Wunu\murra

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Djirrirra (also known as Yukuwa) assisted her father, Yanggarriny Wunungmurra (1932-2003), in his Telstra Award winning painting of 1997 and continually up until his death in 2003. read more

Munyuku at Yarrinya

Artwork

Artwork Munyuku at Yarrinya
bark

H: 63cm W: 45cm

Barayuwa has done his mother’s Munyuku clan’s design, inspired by the late ritual specialist and artist {ula |urruwutthun. read more

Rulyapa

Artwork

Artwork Rulyapa
bark

H: 91cm W: 60cm

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. read more

Munyuku

Artwork

Artwork Munyuku
bark

H: 91cm W: 49cm

Barayuwa has done his mother’s Munyuku clan’s design, inspired by the late ritual specialist and artist {ula |urruwutthun. read more