Munggurrawuy Yunupingu
(Australia circa 1907–12 Apr 1979)
- Community
- Biranybirany (Caledon Bay), Arnhem region
- Language group
- Gumatj, Arnhem region
Lany'tjung - Banaidja Story
- Other titles:
- Laindjung - Banaidja myth Lany'tjung - Barama myth
- Location
- 20th & 21st c Australian art
- Further information
Munggurrawuy Yunupingu's bark paintings are complex, many layered narratives pertaining to the creation of the Gumatj homelands in north east Arnhem Land. The diamond shaped miny’tji (sacred clan designs) are distinctive to Yirritja moiety artworks. In these paintings, the journeys and actions of ancestor beings are revealed, accompanied by motifs representing the transformation they wrought up on the landscape, such as the smoke and ash of fires, footprints, thunderclouds and rain.
- Place of origin
-
Yirrkala,
North-east Arnhem Land,
Northern Territory,
Australia
- Year
- 1960
- Media
- Bark painting
- Medium
- natural pigments on bark
- Dimensions
- 107.3 x 58.4cm
- Signature & date
- Not signed. Not dated.
- Credit
- Gift of Dr Stuart Scougall 1960
- Accession number
- IA28.1960
