This is a painting of kinga, also known as namanjwarre, the saltwater crocodile (crocodylus porosus). These animals are totems for people of Yirridjdja moiety, one of the two patrimoieties of Arnhem Land aboriginal cultures. Crocodiles are rarely killed for food but their eggs are keenly sought after during the wet season when the females are nesting.
A major crocodile sacred site exists near the outstation of Kurrindin, in the Liverpool River district.
Name: Dorothy Bunibuni
Language: Kuninjku
Community: Maningrida
Biography:
Dorothy is one of Maningrida Arts & Culture's most exciting emerging fibre artists., She is sister to acclaimed artist and weaver Anniebell Marrngamarrnga
Dorothy's innovative designs are made from locally collected pandanus and bush dyes which she collects from around Ji-balbal Outstation, on her father's country.
Wak Wak This painting depicts a sacred site at ‘Kurrurldul’, an outstation south of Maningrida. The ‘rarrk’, or abstract crosshatching, on this work represents the design for the crow totem ancestor called ‘Djimarr’. Today this Read more…
Wak Wak This painting depicts a sacred site at ‘Kurrurldul’, an outstation south of Maningrida. The ‘rarrk’, or abstract crosshatching, on this work represents the design for the crow totem ancestor called ‘Djimarr’. Today this Read more…
Mimih Spirit The mimih spirit exists in a realm that runs parallel to and mirrors many facets of human life, demonstrating the deep sense of time and place understood by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Read more…