Organized by the Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection

Clan

Dhuḏi-Djapu

Artist Dates

1947-2021

Mulkuṉ Wirrpanda

Mulkuṉ Wirrpanda was a respected elder of the Dhuḏi-Djapu’ clan and the wife of Wakuthi Marawili. In her early career, she generally painted maḏayin miny’tji (sacred clan designs) of the Dhuḏi-Djapu’ clan. In 2009, she teamed with the artist John Wolseley to document all the edible plant species in northeast Arnhem Land. Mulkuṉ and Wolseley’s project culminated in the major 2017–19 touring exhibition Miḏawarr | Harvest organized by the National Museum of Australia.

Collections Represented

Art Gallery of New South Wales

Berndt Museum of Anthropology, University of Western Australia

British Museum

Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection of the University of Virginia

National Gallery of Australia

National Gallery of Victoria

National Maritime Museum Australia

National Museum of Australia

Monash University Museum of Art