$1200
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A unique instrument emerged from the collaboration between yiḏaki maker Naralwuy and established Dhaḻwaŋu artist Bulthirriri, facilitated by the Buku-Larrŋgay Mulka Centre. The painting depicts waŋgupini—the triangular cloud formations—used by Yolŋu as a powerful metaphor for conveying spiritual knowledge of the afterlife.
Key: D/G
Length: 137cm
Mouthpiece internal diameter: 2.7cm
For details and specifications see ‘Additional information‘ tab below.
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Maker: Narulwuy Maymuru
Clan: Maŋgalili
Moiety: Yirritja
Homeland: Djarrakpi
Djarrakpi is a small community in the Blue Mud Bay, the spiritual homeland of the Maŋgalili clan.
Place of residency: Gunyaŋara
Gunyaŋara – also known as Ski Beach – is a small Indigenous community on the Gove Peninsula, 15 minutes drive from Nhulunbuy township, in the close proximity of the bauxite mine ex-refinery. It lays on Warramiri clan land, and today it gives home to over 150 people. The community was built in the ’70s as part of the mining development. Gunyaŋara is a semi-permanent home of many Yolŋu artists and yiḏaki makers.
Painted by Bulthirirri Wunuŋmurra
Clan: Dhaḻwaŋu
Moiety: Yirritja
Homeland: Gurrumuru
| Weight | 2.1 kg |
|---|---|
| Dimensions | 121 cm |
| Area of origin | Miwatj region, Northeast Arnhem Land |
| Material | Natural pigments on termite hollowed stringybark eucalyptus (gaḏayka) |
| Drone | D |
| Horn | G |
| Mouthpiece diameter internal | 2.7cm |
| Mouthpiece diameter external | 4cm |
| Distal end diameter internal | 5.5-6cm |
| Distal end diameter external | 8-8.5cm |
