- Title: Garrangali – SOLD OUT
- Artist: Djambawa Marawili AM
- Region: Arnhem Land
- Art Centre: Buku Larrnggay Mulka
- Medium: Etching & Screenprint
- Collection: Djalkiri Folio
- Dimensions: 50 x 62 cm
- Edition Size: 40
- Price ($AUD): $ 1250.00
Artwork Story
Garrangali is the sacred and dangerous area where Båru, the crocodile nests on Madarrpa clan land. This Garrangali is away inland up a creek to an area marked by an oasis of tall trees and forest surrounded by the expanses of a ‘featureless’ flood plain. Here freshwater bubbles to the surface to mix with the surge of saltwater tidal contamination. During the dry, considerable heat shimmers across the dust, remaining inaccessible without rights of passage when inundated with floodwaters during the wet. Båru, the ancestral crocodile ventures here from Yathikpa, bringing the power and authority of the Ancestral Fire with him.
The sacred clan design of cross hatched, ribbon swirling flame indeed denote this fertile mix of waters and fire in this sacred area. Garrangali is revered as a reservoir of Madarrpa soul.
To venture into these parts is for those with appropriate knowledge and the preparedness for the intense heat of fire and the ire of the crocodile. Copyright Buku Larrnggay Mulka.