
Galuma Maymuru | Maŋgalili Stories
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Decade
1996
Medium
Natural pigments on eucalyptus bark
Dimensions (IN)
116 1/8 x 34 1/2
Dimensions (CM)
295.0 x 87.6
Credit
Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection of the University of Virginia. Gift of John W. Kluge, 1997. 1996.0035.016.
Clan
Maŋgalili
The Maŋgalili are a Yirritja moiety clan. Their saltwater homeland is at Djarrakpi on the...
Narrative
Yiŋapuŋapu
“My father did not want to go and stay in that particular area; he wanted...
Location
1990
Due to innovations in technology, communication was expedited in the 1990s. For example, Buku-Larrŋgay received...
About The Artist

Clan
Dates
1951-2018
Alternative Names
Galuma Maymuru
Galuma Maymuru was one of the first women to paint the maḏayin miny’tji (sacred clan designs). She was taught by her father Narritjin Maymuru. Galuma worked as a teacher at Bäniyala School and was influential in the Buwayak movement, in which the figurative elements of paintings were buried beneath more abstract designs. In 2003, she received the bark painting prize at the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Awards.
Art Gallery of New South Wales
Ballarat Fine Art Gallery
Berndt Museum of Anthropology at the University of Western Australia
Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection of the University of Virginia
Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory
National Museum of Australia
The Phillips Collection
Sydney Opera House