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Click to enlarge1927 – 2011
- Region
- Kimberley
- Community
- Baluwa (Violet Valley)
- Language group
- Gija (Kija, Gidja, Kitja)
Gurranji, 2007
natural earth pigments on canvas
80 x 60 cm
$2,750
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- Provenance
- Warmun Art Centre, Kununurra, WA, Cat no. WAC859/07
- Artwork story
- 'This one la dumbuny [owl],' Madigan Thomas says. 'Him get jealous - him singing out jealous. [He's called] Jani, his front covering used to be made out of kangaroo skin. Green bird and a yellow mouth - Dirringin (Laughin' Jack), they call him - he laughs at the dumbuny because he never wears any front covering. He laughs when people go night-time toilet. He tastes sugarbag [bush honey], knows when it's the right time.'