Artiste : Mulkun Wirrpanda (1942-2021)

Titre de l'œuvre : The Ganguri plant

Format : 120 x 43 cm

Provenance et certificat : Yirrkala

Référence de cette peinture : 4925V

Explications sur cette peinture Aborigène :

This work is an extension of a phase where the artist of her own motion explored lesser known plant species which she feared were being forgotten by younger generations. This coincided with artist John Wolseley’s interest in returning to Yilpara (after they had met during the Djalkiri project of 2010) and the two spent an extended period exploring the botany of Blue Mud Bay.

John Wolseley spent a week at Yilpara with Mulkun in May 2012 and again at Yirrkala in June 2013, June 2014 and then May and December 2015.

Mulkun has been finding new ways to paint and promote nutritional plants that are no longer eaten widely. As a child there were very many healthy old people and now there are few. In those days old people lived for a long time without illness. She blames poor diet and the loss of knowledge.

In 2017 accompanying Mulkun and John Wolseley's NMA show Miḏawarr | Harvest, the book of the same name was published with words by Mulkun Wirrpanda (MW), Merrkiyawuy Ganambarr-Stubbs (MGS), Greg Leach (GL) and Glenn Wightman (GW).

This plant is Ganguri.

Below is the Yolŋu dictionary for this plant:

Meaning: Yam (collective term) Long Yam - found in monsoon rainforest, can be eaten raw or cooked.

Dioscorea sativa var. elongata, Vigna radiata

A synonym of ganguri is: baḻŋunda, bäḻtji, gulaka, gawatha, maṉmunda see maṉmuŋa

Language note: D
Part of speech: n
Moiety: Dhuwa

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© Photo & text : Aboriginal Signature Estrangin gallery with the courtesy of the artists, & Buku-Larrnggay Mulka Centre