Artiste : Djalinda Yunupiŋu (1954)

Titre de l'œuvre : Yathiny

Pigments naturels sur écorce

Format : 90x33 cm

Provenance et certificat original : centre d'art aborigène de Yirrkala

Référence de la peinture : 4004-22

© Photo & text : Aboriginal signature with the courtesy of the artist, & Buku-Larrngay Mulka.

Explication de l’œuvre :

Djalinda here has painted her mother’s Rirratjiŋu clan sea country at Yirrkala, the waters between the mainland and Bremer Island. These waters are shared with the Djambarrpuyngu clan. Here lies the sacred rock Manhala. Turtle swim here and feed on the Yathiny, a blue sea anemone that floats on the surface.

Looking left up the coast from Yirrkala about two kilometres is the rocky escarpment leading down into the sea known as Galariya by the Rirratjiŋu. Off shore from there the island of Dhambaliya can be seen. These two areas and the sea in between is an important site influenced by Djambawal the Thunder Man and Daymirri the Ancestral Whale.

The Ancestral hunters took turtle in these waters and also left their mark on the mainland at Galariya as well as Dhambaliya. The land and associate events connect the two clan groups of the Rirratjiŋu and Djambarrpuyŋu who have custodial rites to this country. Minyipa and Dhaŋgatjiya were young sons of Mururruma who is referred to as the Grandfather of the Rirratjiŋu family. Mururruma was killed in a ritual spearing by the family of his young wife who Mururruma had killed because she had constantly complained about being separated from her own family.

A􀀅er killing Mururruma on the mainland, the warriors of the young wife’s family pursued his sons Minyipa and Dhaŋgatjiya across the sea to Dhambaliya but were themselves defeated. For their stealth and courage in the battle Minyipa and Dhangatjiya became renown Waŋarr (spirit forms living in times past), to the Rirratjiŋu and Djambarrpuyŋu people. As Gutharra (Grandchild/Rirratjiŋu) and Märi (Grandfather/Djambarrpuyŋu) clans to each other - “Gutharra is the body of the Märi” - these two clans share responsibility for areas of the mainland and Dhambaliya…

Her artworks are in the following prestigious collections :

Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney NSW
Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide SA
Charles Darwin University Art Collection
JW Kluge Collection, Virginia USA
Seattle Art Museum, Seattle USA

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