Artist: Nongirrna Marawili | Title: Baratjala | Year: 2018 | Medium: natural earth pigments and recycled print toner on cotton rag paper | Dimensions: 76 x 56 cm

PROVENANCE
Buku Larrngay Mulka, Cat No. 4367-18
AK22927
Adrian & Anne Newstead Collection, Cat No. 30165

Artist Profile:

COMMUNITY/ REGION
Yirrkala, NT

LANGUAGE
Madarrpa

BIOGRAPHY
Ṉoŋgirrŋa Marawili was born on the beach at Darrpirra north of Cape Shield on the oceanside. She was one of the many children of Mundukul the Madarrpa warrior (c.1890-c.1950). Mundukul (Lightning Snake) is also the name of the serpent (also known as Water Python, Burrut’tji), which lives deep beneath the sea here… Continue Reading