Organized by the Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection

Clan

Munyuku

Artist Dates

c.1900-c.1960

Alternative Names

Djambaryan, Djimbarion, Djimbarjun, Jimnbaryun

Djimbaryun Ŋurruwutthun

The father of Ḏula Ŋurruwutthun and Gambali Ŋurruwutthun, Djimbaryun Ŋurruwutthun was a close associate of Woŋgu Munuŋgurr. As the leader of Woŋgu’s mother’s Munyuku clan, he served as of djuŋgayi (ceremonial manager). In 1942, he painted for Donald Thomson at the base camp of the Northern Territory Special Reconnaissance Unit, and in 1947, he produced crayon drawings for the anthropologists Ronald and Catherine Berndt.

Collections Represented

Berndt Museum of Anthropology, University of Western Australia

Donald Thomson Collection, University of Melbourne

Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History