COMMUNITY SPOTLIGHT : MANINGRIDA: ARTWORKS FROM THE BUNGALOW
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Ivan Namirrkki Australian, Kuninjku, b. 1961
Namumuyak, 2024
pigment and fixative on bark
148 x 32 cm
765-24
Namumuyak was a man who came from the sea and traveled inland. As he went he put children in their land and gave them their languages and their clan. He...
Namumuyak was a man who came from the sea and traveled inland. As he went he put children in their land and gave them their languages and their clan. He also put plants on the land and told bininj which ones they should eat and which ones they should not. So this man Namumuyak went on to Kardbam Clan country, there he put his own image and became a dreaming on the Kardbam country where he remains today.