Dhambit Mununggurr

2019, acrylic on bark
183 x 117 cm
Cat No 2993-19

Dhambit Mununggurr
Buku-Larrnggay Mulka Centre

In this painting Dhambit recalls a story told her by Dr. Gawirrin Gumana AO when she was 14. He was her Dad's mum, Minmin's, brother. It is about the bees at Gäṉgän. they are nested in a Galanyin (esoteric name for Ironwood). The Dhuwa Njätiḻi (Black Cockatoo) sings from this Dhuwa tree.

The adjacent billabong of Garrimala is denoted in the bottom. Tis belongs to the Gälpu her mother's mother, her märi.

– BUKU-LARRNGGAY MULKA CENTRE