Binyinyuwuy
(Australia 1928–1982)
- Community
- Milingimbi, Arnhem region
- Language group
- Djambarrpuyungu, Arnhem region
Djeritmingin Spirit - Woolen River
- Other titles:
- The spirit Djeritmingin
- Location
- Yiribana Gallery
- Further information
Djeritmingin is shown as a fish cooped up in a spring pool of fresh water who wanted to get through impassable rock (shown in saw tooth fashion). The two small fish, his children, tried unsuccessfully to find a way out so he then forced his way out with his legs and traveled to the brackish water where salt water meets fresh water at river mouths. He now resides there and is said to make welcoming rain to visitors crossing the sea. Cross-hatching at each end and the center represents underwater rocks.
© Australian Art Department, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 2005
- Place of origin
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Milingimbi,
Central Arnhem Land,
Northern Territory,
Australia
- Year
- collected 1960
- Media
- Bark painting
- Medium
- natural pigments on bark
- Dimensions
- 72.4 x 44.5cm
- Signature & date
- Not signed. Not dated.
- Credit
- Gift of Dr Stuart Scougall 1960
- Accession number
- IA46.1960
- Copyright
- © Binyinyiwuy/Bula'Bula Arts. Licensed by Viscopy, Sydney
