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Wandjina & Wullamurrange (cloud and rain spirit & longneck turtle)

The Wullamurrungge was created by the Wandjina. It’s special because the Wandjina left a gift inside of the Wullamurra in the form of a skeleton that looks like the Wandjina and the Gyorn Gyorn. The law goes that before you can take and eat the turtle it has to crawl on the back of the person who’s going to eat it. This then satisfies the Wandjina and you’re able to eat it. This law is passed down from generation to generation.

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Name: Nancy Wungundin

Language: Ngarinyin

Biography:

Nancy Wungundin grew up in Imintji on the Gibb River Road. She is an emerging artist with a deep understanding of cultural knowledge and protocol. Nancy loves visiting country. She remembers the cave sites that her old people took her to visit as a child. The designs in Nancy's paintings are contempory however always maintain a strong connection with the cave paintings of her old people. 

Nancy is also a highly skilled carver. Based on the high level of craftmanship she was recently invited to facilitate Boab Carving Workshops at the Kimberly, Art, Law and Culture Festival, Jarlmadangah, 2014.

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