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  • Title: Guwulurru (The canoe in which the Djan’kawu set out on their journey)
  • Artist: Banduk Marika
  • Region: Arnhem Land
  • Art Centre: Buku Larrnggay Mulka
  • Medium: Linocut
  • Collection: Yalangbara Suite
  • Dimensions: 21.5 x 28 cm
  • Edition Size: 30
  • Price ($AUD): $ 330.00

Artwork Story

Notes:
The complete Yalangbara Suite of six prints is available for $1,800. Or you can purchase prints individually.

This print depicts Guwulurru – the canoe in which the Djan’kawu set out on their journey.

This is one of six colour reduction lino prints that make up the Yalangbara Suite. The suite of prints explore the theme of Guyurr (the journey) of the Ancestor creators Djan’kawu to the shores of northeast Arnhem Land.

The Djan’kawu, two sisters and their brother, come from the east by canoe to Arnhem Land and then travelled west creating names, animals, landforms and languages and giving birth to the Dhuwa moiety clans of the area.

This print depicts Guwulurru – the canoe in which the Djan’kawu set out on their journey.

The suite of six prints depicts the stages in the siblings’ journey from the island of Barralku to the shores of the mainland

Printed at Basil Hall Editions Darwin by Neil Emmerson 2006.

© Banduk Marika

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