Artist: Munurrapin Maymuru | Title: Mangalili at Djarrakpi | Year: 1999 | Medium: natural earth pigments on bark | Dimensions: 39 x 130 cm
PROVENANCE
Buku Larrngay Mulka Art Centre, NT Cat No. 1510Z.
Accompanied by an original certificate of authenticity from Buku Larrngay Mulka Art Centre.
ARTWORK STORY
Munurrapin was taught to paint by his father's brother, Narritjin. This work was produced at Djarrakpi in 1997 with the assistance of his wife Balpawana #2.
It depicts Marrngu, the ancestral possum, climbing the sacred manifestation of the Marawili tree. The Marawili marks Djarrakpi, found by the ancestral Guwark people whom Marrngu acted as messenger and land scout. The miny'tji, or sacred clan design, above the Marawili depicts the sand of Djarrakpi flowing from the dunes to the beach where Guyun the cleansing sand crabs reside.
Artist Profile
COMMUNITY/REGION
Yirrkala NE Arnhem Land, NT
LANGUAGE
Yolngu
BIOGRAPHY
Muŋurrapin Maymuru is an artist from the Maŋgalili clan in northeast Arnhem Land. His homeland is Djarrakpi, and he belongs to the Yirritja moiety. He learned to paint at Djarrakpi under the guidance of his father, Nanyin Maymuru, and his uncle, Narritjin Maymuru, a historically significant artist. Drawing on these strong artistic influences, Muŋurrapin continues the Yolŋu traditions of bark painting, incorporating sacred clan designs.
PROVENANCE
Buku Larrngay Mulka Art Centre, NT Cat No. 1510Z.
Accompanied by an original certificate of authenticity from Buku Larrngay Mulka Art Centre.
ARTWORK STORY
Munurrapin was taught to paint by his father's brother, Narritjin. This work was produced at Djarrakpi in 1997 with the assistance of his wife Balpawana #2.
It depicts Marrngu, the ancestral possum, climbing the sacred manifestation of the Marawili tree. The Marawili marks Djarrakpi, found by the ancestral Guwark people whom Marrngu acted as messenger and land scout. The miny'tji, or sacred clan design, above the Marawili depicts the sand of Djarrakpi flowing from the dunes to the beach where Guyun the cleansing sand crabs reside.
Artist Profile
COMMUNITY/REGION
Yirrkala NE Arnhem Land, NT
LANGUAGE
Yolngu
BIOGRAPHY
Muŋurrapin Maymuru is an artist from the Maŋgalili clan in northeast Arnhem Land. His homeland is Djarrakpi, and he belongs to the Yirritja moiety. He learned to paint at Djarrakpi under the guidance of his father, Nanyin Maymuru, and his uncle, Narritjin Maymuru, a historically significant artist. Drawing on these strong artistic influences, Muŋurrapin continues the Yolŋu traditions of bark painting, incorporating sacred clan designs.