Mutitjpuy (Djamika) Munungurr
born Australia 1932, died Australia 1993
language and skin group:
Djapu/Dhuwa
Fire Dreaming 1985
natural earth pigments and ochre on bark
116.8 x 43.5cm
Gift of the Yirrkala people of North East Arnhem Land, 1985
Image courtesy of the Estate of the artist and Buku-Larrngay Mulka Art Centre, Yirrkala
Deakin University Art Collection
Mututjpuy (Djamika) Munungurr, "Dugong and Fire Dreaming", contributed by Thao Phan, STS Infrastructures, Platform for Experimental Collaborative Ethnography, last modified 15 August 2018, accessed 24 November 2024. https://stsinfrastructures.org/content/dugong-and-fire-dreaming
Critical Commentary
This bark painting was created for teaching use for the Deakin University Social Studies of Science course by Yolngu artist Djamika Munungurr. It is titled 'Dugong and Fire Dreaming' and was painted in 1985.