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Munhala Dhamarrandji

Munhala Dhamarrandji

Munhala Dhamarrandji

1978

REGION: Yilpara NT

LANGUAGE: Yolngu

ART CENTRE: Buku-Larrnggay Mulka Centre

IMAGE CREDIT: Buku-Larrnggay Mulka Centre

Munhala depicts the Djambarrpuyŋu clan design of Batjimurruŋu.

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PROFILE

Munhala Dhamarrandji

1978

REGION: Yilpara NT

LANGUAGE: Yolngu

ART CENTRE: Buku-Larrnggay Mulka Centre

IMAGE CREDIT: Buku-Larrnggay Mulka Centre

This artist depicts the Djambarrpuyŋu clan design of Batjimurruŋu.


This design carries the miny’tji of Batjimurruŋu a shellfish of the mangroves area which climbs the aerial roots of the mangroves as the tide comes in. It is sung by the Djambarrpuyngu clan with the Guyula / Dhamarrandji surnames and relates to the Buckingham Bay area of Gurula Dhulmuwandany. It is a design learnt by the artist via her mother’s first husband and is her classificatory sister clan.


This place and design, songs and the shellfish itself are related to the songlines of the Djaŋ'kawu sisters of the Dhuwa moiety. 


Batjimurruŋu is Cassidula angulifera or the Angular Ear Shell. The synonyms are miniminipi and mitjalaŋaniŋ.

ARTIST CV

Group Exhibitions:

2023 Gatjpu - Wishing - Laundry Gallery, Darwin NT

2022 40th Telstra National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Art Awards-Finalist - Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory (MAGNT), NT

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