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