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Mawunbuy Munuŋgurr | Djan’kawu Sisters Story

Mawunbuy Munuŋgurr

Djan’kawu Sisters Story, 1942

Djan’kawu Dhäwu

Clan

Dhuḏi-Djapu

Songline

Djan’kawu

Additional Information

Decade

1942

Medium

Natural pigments on eucalyptus bark

Dimensions (IN)

65 ¼ x 47 1/16

Dimensions (CM)

165.8 x 119.5

Credit

Donald Thomson Collection. On loan to Museums Victoria from the University of Melbourne. DT000065

Narrative

Dhuḏi-Djapu

The Dhuḏi-Djapu’ clan belong to the Dhuwa moiety. Major spiritual themes include Mäṉa and the...

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Songline

Djan’kawu

When I was a child, my father would put me on his lap and sing...

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Location

1940s

The onset of World War II spurs the formation of the Northern Territory Special Reconnaissance...

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About The Artist(s)

Clan

Gupa-Djapu’

Artist Dates

c.1900-1952

Alternative Names

Mauwunboi, Mawunboi, Mawunpuy

Mawunbuy Munuŋgurr

Mawunbuy Munuŋgurr was a member of the Northern Territory Special Reconnaissance Unit and painted alongside his father and brothers at the base camp at Garthalala. In 1946, he produced crayon drawings for the anthropologists Ronald and Catherine Berndt.