- Title: Nayuyungi and Nakurrurndilhba
- Artist: Bardayal Nadjamerrek
- Region: Arnhem Land
- Art Centre: Injalak Arts and Crafts
- Medium: Etching & Screenprint
- Collection: Custodians
- Dimensions: 50 x 39 cm
- Edition Size: 45
- Price ($AUD): $ Sold
Artwork Story
Bardayal ‘Lofty’ Nadjamerrek AO, (deceased) was custodian for country of the upper Mann and Liverpool Rivers in western Arnhem Land, and was revered for his encyclopedic knowledge of the region. Bardayal lived in the heart of Ankung Kunred or sugarbag (native bee honey) country, where he was born and walked while growing up. Through his paintings he brought to life stories of ancestral beings and the fauna and flora of his country. ‘I am looking after this place, this my dreaming place put here by the earliest ancestors, the old people a long time ago, maybe by Djingalawarrewoni or by God … My ancestors gave me this place and I myself have a longing for this country.’