This artwork represents totemic finches. These birds herald the beginning of the dry season and are associated with the Ganalbingu clan. Lidji Lidji are also represented in ceremonial song and dance.
Name: Evonne Rraraypum
Language: Djambarrpuyungu
Biography:
Evonne is one of eight children from one of the first recognised female painters in Ramingining; D. Djukulul. She has only recently started to come and paint at the art centre, however she watched and practiced with her Mum since she was a young child, carrying on family tradition through painting song lines and story lines.
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Quincey Renkin – Naku (canoe) Naku (canoes) were made traditionally from the bark of a particular tree and used for hunting. This sculpture depicts a Yolngu man painted in ceremonial ochre hunting for gumang (magpie Read more…
Quincey Renkin – Naku (canoe) Naku (canoes) were made traditionally from the bark of a particular tree and used for hunting. This sculpture depicts a Yolngu man painted in ceremonial ochre hunting for gumang (magpie Read more…