
Wandjuk Djuwakan Marika OBE | The Coming of Djan’kawu
"The Djan’kawu named the places, they planted the trees, they made the well water, and then they went over to Ḻiḻirrtjawuy and made water there. And before going back up the hill, they stopped and collected some oysters. At the other side at Biḻbamwuy, they saw the mangrove goannas, and they heard maŋirrigirri (Pteropus alecto, black flying fox)—the dark black ones, which are Dhuwa— hanging on the djota tree."
– WANYUBI MARIKA
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Additional Information
Decade
1962
Medium
Natural pigments on eucalyptus bark
Dimensions (IN)
47 ½ x 21
Dimensions (CM)
120.6 x 53.3
Credit
Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection of the University of Virginia. Edward L. Ruhe Collection. Gift of John W. Kluge, 1997. 1993.0004.045
Clan
Rirratjiŋu
The Rirratjiŋu clan are the traditional owners of the land around Yirrkala, on the east...
Narrative
Djan’kawu
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Location
1960
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About The Artist

Clan
Dates
c.1927-1987