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Djul'djul Gurruwiwi (Wunungmurra)
- Region
- Arnhem Land
- Community
- Ŋaypinya
- Language group
- Yolŋu (Yolngu) – Gälpu (Galpu); Gawurr clan
Minhala and Wurran, 1996
105 x 12.5 cm
Est. $2,000 – $3,000
Hammer $1,600
- Provenance
- Buku-Larrnggay Arts, Yirrkala, Northern Territory, Invoice No. 0277 Inscribed to base: 1347-x Djuldjul 996 hur Private Collection, Albany NY
- Artwork story
- Djul'djul is the daughter of the famous Galpu clan artist Mithinarri Gurruwiwi. Her art is distinguished by its meticulous rarrk (cross hatching) and its balance of sculptural form with painted surface. This finely carved and ochre-painted pole by Djul'djul depicts the ancestral beings Minhala (bandicoot) and Wurran (cormorant), central figures within the artist’s clan cosmology. Poles of this kind are rare outside institutional collections and are closely tied to the ceremonial traditions of north-east Arnhem Land.