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Arnhem Land is a region in which Aboriginal artists have
been active during the 1990s in exploring the opportunities
offered by print making techniques. There are seven main
Aboriginal communities in the region, and in at least
four of these there are artists active in print making.
More information about these communities is in the Arnhem
Land communities section. For information about the
artists, see the short Arnhem
Land artists biographies.
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Namiyal Bopirri |
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Crow Andiditj (Wagilag Story) |
| Price: |
$550.00 in Australia
$500.00 for Export. |
| PR516, 1998 |
| Linocut, edition size 99 |
| 49 x 60 cm |
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A long time ago in the Dreamtime, a man named Marrngu, the Possum man, and his two wives, Barkuma (native cats) lived at a place called Guruwana. One day the Barkuma sisters went out to collect shells from the mangroves. Marrngu, who was going to marry them, stayed at the camp. They went into the mangroves and collected shells then came back to their camp to cook. But the sisters despised Marrngu and they made the fire extra large. As they cooked the shells they plotted what they were going to do to Marrngu. That night their husband came and sat near the fire to warm himself and to reconcile with the sisters as they refused to sleep with him. Then as Marrngu was warming himself near the fire, the sisters threw the hot coals and ashes all over him, shrivelling his arms and legs. Marrngu then turned into a possum and ran away screaming from pain. That is why nowadays Marrngu, the ringtail possum has pink skin on its body as a result of burns from the hot coals. The Crowman, Wak had made a fishtrap (Gorl) so they could have fish. Here the fish are caught, eaten and the fishbones are put aside. When Marrngu ran away from the Barkuma sisters he came up to the Crowman and told him what happened, how the sisters had humiliated him and then tried to kill him. He warned the Crowman what he was going to do to the sisters. Then Marrngu went away, gathered his clansmen and returned to kill the women. The miringu (army) gathered then they went in and speared the sisters to death. Their spirit entered the body of the catfish, Wedu in the nearby river. When the Wak heard about the women's death he got upset and went to Warang the Glider Possum man. The Wak wanted to arrange a 'Hollow Log' ceremony for the dead women. After preparing the hollow log coffin they collected all the catfish bones and placed them into a Dindin (paperbark basket), they would later put the catfish bones into the Hollow Log. To do this they painted the Hollow Log and had a big Bunggul (mortuary rite). They placed the catfish bones (the two sisters' bones) into the coffin, then the Wak came and took it away and flew into the heavens. That Hollow Log coffin can now be seen in the sky as the Milky Way. |
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Peter Nabarlambarl |
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Namarrkon - Lightning Man |
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$495.00 in Australia
$450.00 for Export. |
| PR524, 2002 |
| Etching, edition size 99 |
| 49 x 65 cm |
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Namarrkon is the Lightning Spirit that lives above the clouds and is associated with the intense electrical storms of Gunemeleng, the pre-wet season between October and December. The Spirit is typically illustrated in the rock art and bark paintings of the region with a circuit of lightning encircling its body. Kulbburru, the stone axes protruding from his arms, legs and lower torso are hurled by Namarrkon when marriage taboos or other aspects of tribal law are broken striking the perpetrators of wrongdoing in the form of lightning and causing the sound of thunder that accompany the tropical storms of the region. |
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Thompson Yulidjiri |
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Kurri Djang (brown state) |
| Price: |
$264.00 in Australia
$240.00 for Export. |
| PR519, 1998 |
| Lithograph, edition size 50 |
| 52 x 36 cm |
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Kurri Djang (Blue Tongue Lizard Dreaming, Brown Slate) Kurri was the name of a man in the area known as Mangardubu (Cooper's Creek). The man was Mawamud 'skin'. He was making a kundjabarrk (a traditional multi-purpose 'dilly bag') from pandanus fibre when he looked back and saw that men were hunting him. The men were carrying spears and spear throwers. To hide he climbed into the dilly bag. In doing so he became Burri or Mirldar (a blue tongue lizard) whose skin resembles the texture of a dilly bag. Djang refers to sacred or sacred place where specific rites and rituals relating to the beings and sites are still performed and maintained today. |
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England Banggala |
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Wangarra |
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$803.00 in Australia
$730.00 for Export. |
| PR514, 1999 |
| Stone lithograph, Edition size 99 |
| 49 x 66 cm |
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Wangarra are the devil-devil spirits that inhabit the An-nguliny clan waterhole, called Wangarra A-juwana, in Central Arnhem Land. This etching depicts three Wangarra figures sharing arms which represent the water running from the little creeks, flowing out into all corners of the patch of jungle. Wangarra spirits live inside banyan trees which sometimes open up and the spirits come out and go down into the water where they lie inside the rocks. The spirits can lure and trap people inside the banyan tree, which is one reason why Wangarra A-juwana is a dangerous place for those who do not have the right authority to be there. When England Banggala enters this place he calls out to his ancestors, to identify himself as a rightful member of the An-nguliny clan, so that he and his companions are protected from the spirits that live there. |
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David Malangi |
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Malanga story |
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$528.00 in Australia
$480.00 for Export. |
| PR515, 1998 |
| Reduction linocut, Edition size 94 |
| 48 x 62 cm |
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David has depicted night insects of Yathalamara where he lives. This tiny outstation lies near a swamp alive with fish and birdlife and abounding in the insects which they feed off. Here David has shown reeds at the waters edge with the insects sitting at the base of the stems waiting until nightfall before they make their presence known in song.
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Peter Nabarlambarl |
| Title: |
Sugar Bag Man |
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$451.00 in Australia
$410.00 for Export. |
| PR518, 2001 |
| Screenprint, Edition size 99 |
| 38 x 46 cm |
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Wild bees their hives and honey are known across Arnhem Land as Sugarbag. It is not only a delicacy and used as medicine but also has ritual and spiritual significance. The artist has depicted the Sugarbag spirit in the form of a man wearing the honey design on his body. Dancers in ceremonies wear these body paintings. In the Creation time Sugarbag Man travelled in search of honey felling trees and transforming the landscape as he went. |
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Thompson Yulidjiri |
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Kurri Djang (black state) |
| Price: |
$264.00 in Australia
$240.00 for Export. |
| PR520, 1998 |
| Lithograph, edition size 50 |
| 52 x 36 cm |
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Kurri Djang (Blue Tongue Lizard Dreaming, Black State) Kurri was the name of a man in the area known as Mangardubu (Cooper's Creek). The man was Mawamud 'skin'. He was making a kundjabarrk (a traditional multipurpose 'dilly bag') from pandanus fibre when he looked back and saw that men were hunting him. The men were carrying spears and spear throwers. To hide he climbed into the dilly bag. In doing so he became Burri or Mirldar (a blue tongue lizard) whose skin resembles the texture of a dilly bag. Djang refers to sacred or sacred place where specific rites and rituals relating to the beings and sites are still performed. |
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$55 |
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Marrnyula Mununggurr |
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Untitled (Djapu design) |
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$396.00 in Australia
$360.00 for Export. |
| PR567, 2007 |
| Silkscreen print, edition size 30 |
| 28 x 59 cm |
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Marrnyula lives at Yirrkala and works at Buku-larrnggay Mulka as manager of the print workshop. She is an accomplished print maker and artist. |
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$55 |
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Prints
from Arnhem Land
