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Click to enlarge1927 – 2011
- Region
- Kimberley
- Community
- Baluwa (Violet Valley)
- Language group
- Gija (Kija, Gidja, Kitja)
Binkany, 2008
natural earth pigments on canvas
120 x 90 cm
$6,260
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- Provenance
- Warmun Art Centre, Kununurra, WA, Cat no. WAC124/08
- Artwork story
- 'That Garnanganyjel (emu) bin leave some there,' Madigan Thomas says. 'Where you go to Doon Doon, that jump-up [hill], you can see him [the Sugar leaf plants]. Binkirrbal - gural [turkey, emu's mother] say "I gotta camp here I can't travel that far." She left some [binkany] at that place.' ‘All the hill this side, then the green this side and that binkany la middle. Garnanganyjel yeah, he bin leave him too much load, he bin have 'im that binkany. He bin leave 'im that binkany. He bin leave 'im, he bin come through la Crocodile Hole, camp there. Some bala bin bale up there, turkey and some emu, some bin keep travelling. That gural bin stop there, he bin say "I not goin' to travel day after day, night and day", you know? ''I derreba here." That mean he camp there. This lot keep going up la Garnanganyjel, la Bedford Downs.' This Ngarrangkarni (Dreaming) story tells of the Garnanganyjel (emu) travelling through Gija country and leaving the binkany (sugar leaf) plant in places where she stopped. The Garnangayjel whose skin name is Nyawurru , walked from Crocodile Hole, through Jacks Yard to Pelican Hole and finally to Bedford Downs where she stopped. Binkirrbal (bush turkey) walked some of the way with Garnanganyjel. Binkirrbal was of Nyaajarri skin, Garnaganyjel's gural (mother). Binkirrbal followed Garnanganyjel as far as Pelican Hole, where she decided to camp. The area at the bottom of the painting is the flat country and lush grass that grows alongside the water of Pelican Hole. Thomas says there are many bush turkeys still at that place where Binkirrbal stopped. The dotted area at the top of the painting is Ngarem Ngarrangkarni [Sugarbag Dreaming] site.