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Wolpa Wanambi is the youngest daughter of one of the best known Yolŋu artists of the 1980s Duṉḏiwuy Waṉambi and learned to paint under his instruction. She assisted him on all of his major works produced during the 1990s, including Wuyal, which was awarded the bark painting prize at the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Awards in 1994. This painting is the first formally attributed to Wolpa. It was painted with instruction from her father, who would die later that year.
– Henry Skerritt and Kade McDonald
Additional Information
Decade
1996
Medium
Natural pigments on eucalyptus bark
Dimensions (IN)
112 5/8 x 44 ¼
Dimensions (CM)
286.1 x 112.4
Credit
Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection of the University of Virginia. Gift of John W. Kluge, 1997. 1996.0035.019
Narrative
Marrakulu
The Marrakulu clan belongs to the Dhuwa moiety. Major spiritual themes include Wuyal, the honey...
Songline
Wuyal | The Honey Ancestor
Wuyal, the ancestral Sugarbag Man, is an important ancestor of the Marrakulu clan of northeast...
Location
1990s
Buku-Larrŋgay Mulka Centre began the 1990s in a phase of rebuilding. By the end of...
About The Artist(s)

Clan
Marrakulu
Artist Dates
Born 1970
Wolpa Waṉambi
Wolpa Waṉambi is the youngest daughter of Duṉḏiwuy Waṉambi and learned to paint under his instruction. She assisted him on all his major works produced during the 1990s, including the work that was awarded the bark painting prize at the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Awards in 1994. In 2000, she was awarded the National Indigenous Heritage Art Award.
Collections Represented
Art Gallery of New South Wales
Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection of the University of Virginia
Seattle Art Museum