Yirawala

Yirawala

1976

Indigenous leader, labourer and painter.

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Works

(Very sacred secret, CANNOT BE SHOWN), eleven figures surrounding a central oval containing three symbols

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Anteater, Maraian ceremony

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Anteater, Yirritja, Maraian ceremony

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Baby in the womb? "Bab"

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Barramundi and "Gaklua"

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Barramundi, Maraian

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Bat and wagtail, who helped Mowani, Maraian

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Bew-bew, the giant associated with the didgeridoo, with two girls he has captured

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Bird (jabiru?); Maraian

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Birth

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Bonefish, Yirritja moiety, Maraian

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Booma-Booma the giant

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Brolga, Maraian, Dhuwa

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Ceremonial hollow log flying fox

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Ceremonial hollow log Plains goanna, Galarwan, Maraian,

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Circle surrounded by fifteen spotted and armed men

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Circle with man and possum

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Coiled snake decapitates a female, second female appears unmoved

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Daadbi and Birrap Birrap (snake and bird respectively)

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Depiction of coiled snake decapitating a person, while a female looks on unmoved

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Depiction of three coiled snakes and insect-creatures within a shield-like design

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Depictions of the Ubar ceremony

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Dhuwa moiety, Wallaby, female

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Dillybag (Watarnaar), Maraian ceremony

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Eggs in emu; Yirritja, Maraian

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Emu, crocodile and kangaroo, Maraian

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Female figure surrounded by various other figures, male, female and neutral

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Female kangaroo with joey in her pouch

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Figure with black face, hands, lower legs and feet

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Five fish (two barramundi, two "beaked fish"), Yirritja urkal, Maraian

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Frilled lizards of the Ceremonial hollow log (female on left, male on right)

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Furry creature, three fingers and toes and snake-like tongue

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Geechnoch the fisherman

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Gurgurr the Moon man, and his dog Mulutji as they appear on the moon

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Gurgurr the Moon man, and his dog Mulutji trapped in the flood of water they had released ...

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Insect-snake and bird

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Jabiru; Maraian, Dhuwa

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Jigiritj-jigiritj (the thin man) and Nabarmingming

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Kangaroo with Mimi, Maraian

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Kangaroo with two figures carrying dillybags, Maraian

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Kangaroo, Maraian

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Kangaroo, X-ray type, with joey in pouch

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Kundaagi being cooked after the Mimis had killed him

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Kundaagi speared by Mimis, Maraian ceremony

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Kundaagi, the kangaroo with three frilled lizards, Maraian

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Kundaagi, the red kangaroo

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Little wallaby with three toes which lives on coast (Dhuwa Daiguru), Maraian

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Looma-Looma the evil giant and magician transformed into a double headed woman

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Lorrkon

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Lorrkon

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Lorrkon ceremonial painting

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Lorrkon, evil images; four figures with body decoration and four smaller skeletal figures

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Lumah Lumah the Giant

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Lumah Lumah the Giant falls under attack by tribesmen

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Lumah Lumah the Giant's body butchered by tribesmen

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Lumah Lumah's leg bones, sacred rangga

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Lumah Lumah, Maraian (large skeletal figure with two small figures)

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Lumah-Lumah, Maraian

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Lumah-Lumah, the giant Maraian man

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Lumah-Lumah, the primary figure of the Maraian ceremony, singing parts of the Maraian

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Mainland tribesmen embark for Goireeba to kill Lumah Lumah

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Maraian

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Maraian abstract design

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Maraian bird, jabiru

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Maraian ceremony; dancing figures and musicians

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Maraian designs for body painting, Yirritja moiety (Sacred)

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Maraian panels

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Maraian Yirritja crocodile

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Maraian, Dhuwa abstract design

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Maraian, eight jumping figures

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Maraian, Lumah-Lumah

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Maraian, two figures with trees

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Maraian, very sacred design

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Maraian, white figure flanked by two females

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Maraian, Yirritja (Crocodile and two fish)

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Maraian; abstract and geometric design

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Marailaitj's male children, Dhuwa moiety, divided into skins

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Maralaitj's children, Yirritja moiety, divided into skins

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Maralaitj, mother of the tribes

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Maralaitj, the Earth Mother

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Men taking the bones of Lumah-Lumah

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Milgi, Maraian (two females holding digging sticks)

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Mimih or sorcery figure

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Mimih spirits

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Mosquito dreaming

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Mosquito dreaming? Waterholes? shade and spirit dance?

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Mowani the giant cut to pieces

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Mowani, the brutal giant, one of the four Jun-bar-bars in Arnhem Land traditions

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Nabarmingming and Jigiritj-jigiritz encouraging the tribe to attach Mowani

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Namanjwarre, the Mardayin crocodile

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Namarrgine, with two kangaroos

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Namorel, cut to pieces by the Lightning man, for having disobeyed the elders ...

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Namorren - Yirritja

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Namorren, the Lightning Man

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Namorren, the Lightning Man

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Namwurrgun?

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Oogle the Night Bird, Maraian

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Plains turkey (boarda), Dhuwa totemic animal

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Praying Mantis

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Rainbow serpent, two females, one male and bush turkey

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Sacred Birral Birral, Dance with string bags?

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Sacred body painting

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Sacred Maraian catfish, Yirritja moiety

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Sacred Maraian crocodile

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Sacred Maraian white fish

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Sacred Maraian white fish dance, Barra (mundi?)

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Sacred rangga; Maraian, Dhuwa

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Sacred waterhole and rock, Maraian

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Sacred white fish design, Maraian

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Six fish and one large fish with head partially chopped off (probably Maraian)

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Spirit people of the rock country, five figures

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Stork (jabiru) eating fish

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The death of Lumah-Lumah, the giant Maraian man; axes and spears of mainland tribesman ... (two panels)

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Three circular designs with eight mimi-like figures

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Three flying foxes, fruit bars or possibly "sugar glider" possums

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Turkey pursued by Mimis for his body flat; Dua, Maraian

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Turtle, Dhuwa moiety, Maraian

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Two dancing figures with central "mandala" containing plump frog-human figure

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Untitled

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Untitled (depicting six abstract panels and 2 panels containing three figures)

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Untitled (Dhuwa ...?)

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Very sacred symbols (rangga?), Maraian

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Very sacred symbols and spirits, Maraian

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Very sacred symbols, Jiritja, Maraian

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Wind man magic (with two figures)

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Wurlurr the white rock wallaby eating fruits and berries

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Yirritja and Dhuwa flying foxes roosting

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Crocodile, Maraian ceremony

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Healing magic for snake bites, painting depicting venomous snakes (representing Daadbi) fighting goannas ...

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Kundaagi - Red Plains Kangaroo

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Maraian, Boys on walkabout

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Namorren, Lightning Man, Dhuwa

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Abstract design; Yirritja, Maraian

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Bolig-bolig, the sugarbag man

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Dhuwa Bone Fish?

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Lorrkon, sacred funerary ceremony

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Third Maraian, Dhuwa, abstract design

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Sacred frog

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Emu

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Abstract design; Dhuwa man's body

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Father mimi and sons, Lorrkon

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Lorrkon

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Katjailen (the serpent)

Yirawala Art Gallery of South Australia

Sacred emu, Maraian

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Stingray, Maraian, Moorpits, Yirritja dance

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Lumahlumah with magic power bags

Yirawala Art Gallery of South Australia

Power over nature

Yirawala Art Gallery of South Australia

Story of Mowani number three; girls in a dillybag

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