Yirawala

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Indigenous leader, labourer and painter.
💀 1976

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(Very sacred secret, CANNOT BE SHOWN), eleven figures surrounding a central oval containing three symbols ℹ️
by Yirawala
National Gallery of Australia
Anteater, Maraian ceremony ℹ️
by Yirawala
National Gallery of Australia
Anteater, Yirritja, Maraian ceremony ℹ️
by Yirawala
National Gallery of Australia
Baby in the womb? "Bab" ℹ️
by Yirawala
National Gallery of Australia
Barramundi and "Gaklua" ℹ️
by Yirawala
National Gallery of Australia
Barramundi, Maraian ℹ️
by Yirawala
National Gallery of Australia
Bat and wagtail, who helped Mowani, Maraian ℹ️
by Yirawala
National Gallery of Australia
Bew-bew, the giant associated with the didgeridoo, with two girls he has captured ℹ️
by Yirawala
National Gallery of Australia
Bird (jabiru?); Maraian ℹ️
by Yirawala
National Gallery of Australia
Birth ℹ️
by Yirawala
National Gallery of Australia
Bonefish, Yirritja moiety, Maraian ℹ️
by Yirawala
National Gallery of Australia
Booma-Booma the giant ℹ️
by Yirawala
National Gallery of Australia
Brolga, Maraian, Dhuwa ℹ️
by Yirawala
National Gallery of Australia
Ceremonial hollow log flying fox ℹ️
by Yirawala
National Gallery of Australia
Ceremonial hollow log Plains goanna, Galarwan, Maraian, ℹ️
by Yirawala
National Gallery of Australia
Circle surrounded by fifteen spotted and armed men ℹ️
by Yirawala
National Gallery of Australia
Circle with man and possum ℹ️
by Yirawala
National Gallery of Australia
Coiled snake decapitates a female, second female appears unmoved ℹ️
by Yirawala
National Gallery of Australia
Daadbi and Birrap Birrap (snake and bird respectively) ℹ️
by Yirawala
National Gallery of Australia
Depiction of coiled snake decapitating a person, while a female looks on unmoved ℹ️
by Yirawala
National Gallery of Australia
Depiction of three coiled snakes and insect-creatures within a shield-like design ℹ️
by Yirawala
National Gallery of Australia
Depictions of the Ubar ceremony ℹ️
by Yirawala
National Gallery of Australia
Dhuwa moiety, Wallaby, female ℹ️
by Yirawala
National Gallery of Australia
Dillybag (Watarnaar), Maraian ceremony ℹ️
by Yirawala
National Gallery of Australia
Eggs in emu; Yirritja, Maraian ℹ️
by Yirawala
National Gallery of Australia
Emu, crocodile and kangaroo, Maraian ℹ️
by Yirawala
National Gallery of Australia
Female figure surrounded by various other figures, male, female and neutral ℹ️
by Yirawala
National Gallery of Australia
Female kangaroo with joey in her pouch ℹ️
by Yirawala
National Gallery of Australia
Figure with black face, hands, lower legs and feet ℹ️
by Yirawala
National Gallery of Australia
Five fish (two barramundi, two "beaked fish"), Yirritja urkal, Maraian ℹ️
by Yirawala
National Gallery of Australia
Frilled lizards of the Ceremonial hollow log (female on left, male on right) ℹ️
by Yirawala
National Gallery of Australia
Furry creature, three fingers and toes and snake-like tongue ℹ️
by Yirawala
National Gallery of Australia
Geechnoch the fisherman ℹ️
by Yirawala
National Gallery of Australia
Gurgurr the Moon man, and his dog Mulutji as they appear on the moon ℹ️
by Yirawala
National Gallery of Australia
Gurgurr the Moon man, and his dog Mulutji trapped in the flood of water they had released ... ℹ️
by Yirawala
National Gallery of Australia
Insect-snake and bird ℹ️
by Yirawala
National Gallery of Australia
Jabiru; Maraian, Dhuwa ℹ️
by Yirawala
National Gallery of Australia
Jigiritj-jigiritj (the thin man) and Nabarmingming ℹ️
by Yirawala
National Gallery of Australia
Kangaroo with Mimi, Maraian ℹ️
by Yirawala
National Gallery of Australia
Kangaroo with two figures carrying dillybags, Maraian ℹ️
by Yirawala
National Gallery of Australia
Kangaroo, Maraian ℹ️
by Yirawala
National Gallery of Australia
Kangaroo, X-ray type, with joey in pouch ℹ️
by Yirawala
National Gallery of Australia
Kundaagi being cooked after the Mimis had killed him ℹ️
by Yirawala
National Gallery of Australia
Kundaagi speared by Mimis, Maraian ceremony ℹ️
by Yirawala
National Gallery of Australia
Kundaagi, the kangaroo with three frilled lizards, Maraian ℹ️
by Yirawala
National Gallery of Australia
Kundaagi, the red kangaroo ℹ️
by Yirawala
National Gallery of Australia
Little wallaby with three toes which lives on coast (Dhuwa Daiguru), Maraian ℹ️
by Yirawala
National Gallery of Australia
Looma-Looma the evil giant and magician transformed into a double headed woman ℹ️
by Yirawala
National Gallery of Australia
Lorrkon ℹ️
by Yirawala
National Gallery of Australia
Lorrkon ℹ️
by Yirawala
National Gallery of Australia
Lorrkon ceremonial painting ℹ️
by Yirawala
National Gallery of Australia
Lorrkon, evil images; four figures with body decoration and four smaller skeletal figures ℹ️
by Yirawala
National Gallery of Australia
Lumah Lumah the Giant ℹ️
by Yirawala
National Gallery of Australia
Lumah Lumah the Giant falls under attack by tribesmen ℹ️
by Yirawala
National Gallery of Australia
Lumah Lumah the Giant's body butchered by tribesmen ℹ️
by Yirawala
National Gallery of Australia
Lumah Lumah's leg bones, sacred rangga ℹ️
by Yirawala
National Gallery of Australia
Lumah Lumah, Maraian (large skeletal figure with two small figures) ℹ️
by Yirawala
National Gallery of Australia
Lumah-Lumah, Maraian ℹ️
by Yirawala
National Gallery of Australia
Lumah-Lumah, the giant Maraian man ℹ️
by Yirawala
National Gallery of Australia
Lumah-Lumah, the primary figure of the Maraian ceremony, singing parts of the Maraian ℹ️
by Yirawala
National Gallery of Australia
Mainland tribesmen embark for Goireeba to kill Lumah Lumah ℹ️
by Yirawala
National Gallery of Australia
Maraian ℹ️
by Yirawala
National Gallery of Australia
Maraian abstract design ℹ️
by Yirawala
National Gallery of Australia
Maraian bird, jabiru ℹ️
by Yirawala
National Gallery of Australia
Maraian ceremony; dancing figures and musicians ℹ️
by Yirawala
National Gallery of Australia
Maraian designs for body painting, Yirritja moiety (Sacred) ℹ️
by Yirawala
National Gallery of Australia
Maraian panels ℹ️
by Yirawala
National Gallery of Australia
Maraian Yirritja crocodile ℹ️
by Yirawala
National Gallery of Australia
Maraian, Dhuwa abstract design ℹ️
by Yirawala
National Gallery of Australia
Maraian, eight jumping figures ℹ️
by Yirawala
National Gallery of Australia
Maraian, Lumah-Lumah ℹ️
by Yirawala
National Gallery of Australia
Maraian, two figures with trees ℹ️
by Yirawala
National Gallery of Australia
Maraian, very sacred design ℹ️
by Yirawala
National Gallery of Australia
Maraian, white figure flanked by two females ℹ️
by Yirawala
National Gallery of Australia
Maraian, Yirritja (Crocodile and two fish) ℹ️
by Yirawala
National Gallery of Australia
Maraian; abstract and geometric design ℹ️
by Yirawala
National Gallery of Australia
Marailaitj's male children, Dhuwa moiety, divided into skins ℹ️
by Yirawala
National Gallery of Australia
Maralaitj's children, Yirritja moiety, divided into skins ℹ️
by Yirawala
National Gallery of Australia
Maralaitj, mother of the tribes ℹ️
by Yirawala
National Gallery of Australia
Maralaitj, the Earth Mother ℹ️
by Yirawala
National Gallery of Australia
Men taking the bones of Lumah-Lumah ℹ️
by Yirawala
National Gallery of Australia
Milgi, Maraian (two females holding digging sticks) ℹ️
by Yirawala
National Gallery of Australia
Mimih or sorcery figure ℹ️
by Yirawala
National Gallery of Australia
Mimih spirits ℹ️
by Yirawala
National Gallery of Australia
Mosquito dreaming ℹ️
by Yirawala
National Gallery of Australia
Mosquito dreaming? Waterholes? shade and spirit dance? ℹ️
by Yirawala
National Gallery of Australia
Mowani the giant cut to pieces ℹ️
by Yirawala
National Gallery of Australia
Mowani, the brutal giant, one of the four Jun-bar-bars in Arnhem Land traditions ℹ️
by Yirawala
National Gallery of Australia
Nabarmingming and Jigiritj-jigiritz encouraging the tribe to attach Mowani ℹ️
by Yirawala
National Gallery of Australia
Namanjwarre, the Mardayin crocodile ℹ️
by Yirawala
National Gallery of Australia
Namarrgine, with two kangaroos ℹ️
by Yirawala
National Gallery of Australia
Namorel, cut to pieces by the Lightning man, for having disobeyed the elders ... ℹ️
by Yirawala
National Gallery of Australia
Namorren - Yirritja ℹ️
by Yirawala
National Gallery of Australia
Namorren, the Lightning Man ℹ️
by Yirawala
National Gallery of Australia
Namorren, the Lightning Man ℹ️
by Yirawala
National Gallery of Australia
Namwurrgun? ℹ️
by Yirawala
National Gallery of Australia
Oogle the Night Bird, Maraian ℹ️
by Yirawala
National Gallery of Australia
Plains turkey (boarda), Dhuwa totemic animal ℹ️
by Yirawala
National Gallery of Australia
Praying Mantis ℹ️
by Yirawala
National Gallery of Australia
Rainbow serpent, two females, one male and bush turkey ℹ️
by Yirawala
National Gallery of Australia
Sacred Birral Birral, Dance with string bags? ℹ️
by Yirawala
National Gallery of Australia
Sacred body painting ℹ️
by Yirawala
National Gallery of Australia
Sacred Maraian catfish, Yirritja moiety ℹ️
by Yirawala
National Gallery of Australia
Sacred Maraian crocodile ℹ️
by Yirawala
National Gallery of Australia
Sacred Maraian white fish ℹ️
by Yirawala
National Gallery of Australia
Sacred Maraian white fish dance, Barra (mundi?) ℹ️
by Yirawala
National Gallery of Australia
Sacred rangga; Maraian, Dhuwa ℹ️
by Yirawala
National Gallery of Australia
Sacred waterhole and rock, Maraian ℹ️
by Yirawala
National Gallery of Australia
Sacred white fish design, Maraian ℹ️
by Yirawala
National Gallery of Australia
Six fish and one large fish with head partially chopped off (probably Maraian) ℹ️
by Yirawala
National Gallery of Australia
Spirit people of the rock country, five figures ℹ️
by Yirawala
National Gallery of Australia
Stork (jabiru) eating fish ℹ️
by Yirawala
National Gallery of Australia
The death of Lumah-Lumah, the giant Maraian man; axes and spears of mainland tribesman ... (two panels) ℹ️
by Yirawala
National Gallery of Australia
Three circular designs with eight mimi-like figures ℹ️
by Yirawala
National Gallery of Australia
Three flying foxes, fruit bars or possibly "sugar glider" possums ℹ️
by Yirawala
National Gallery of Australia
Turkey pursued by Mimis for his body flat; Dua, Maraian ℹ️
by Yirawala
National Gallery of Australia
Turtle, Dhuwa moiety, Maraian ℹ️
by Yirawala
National Gallery of Australia
Two dancing figures with central "mandala" containing plump frog-human figure ℹ️
by Yirawala
National Gallery of Australia
Untitled ℹ️
by Yirawala
National Gallery of Australia
Untitled (depicting six abstract panels and 2 panels containing three figures) ℹ️
by Yirawala
National Gallery of Australia
Untitled (Dhuwa ...?) ℹ️
by Yirawala
National Gallery of Australia
Very sacred symbols (rangga?), Maraian ℹ️
by Yirawala
National Gallery of Australia
Very sacred symbols and spirits, Maraian ℹ️
by Yirawala
National Gallery of Australia
Very sacred symbols, Jiritja, Maraian ℹ️
by Yirawala
National Gallery of Australia
Wind man magic (with two figures) ℹ️
by Yirawala
National Gallery of Australia
Wurlurr the white rock wallaby eating fruits and berries ℹ️
by Yirawala
National Gallery of Australia
Yirritja and Dhuwa flying foxes roosting ℹ️
by Yirawala
National Gallery of Australia
Crocodile, Maraian ceremony ℹ️
1962
by Yirawala
National Gallery of Australia
Healing magic for snake bites, painting depicting venomous snakes (representing Daadbi) fighting goannas ... ℹ️
1962
by Yirawala
National Gallery of Australia
Kundaagi - Red Plains Kangaroo ℹ️
1962
by Yirawala
National Gallery of Australia
Maraian, Boys on walkabout ℹ️
1963
by Yirawala
National Gallery of Australia
Namorren, Lightning Man, Dhuwa ℹ️
1963
by Yirawala
National Gallery of Australia
Abstract design; Yirritja, Maraian ℹ️
1964
by Yirawala
National Gallery of Australia
Bolig-bolig, the sugarbag man ℹ️
1964
by Yirawala
National Gallery of Australia
Dhuwa Bone Fish? ℹ️
1964
by Yirawala
National Gallery of Australia
Lorrkon, sacred funerary ceremony ℹ️
1964
by Yirawala
National Gallery of Australia
Third Maraian, Dhuwa, abstract design ℹ️
1964
by Yirawala
National Gallery of Australia
Sacred frog ℹ️
1965
by Yirawala
National Gallery of Australia
Emu ℹ️
1966
by Yirawala
National Gallery of Australia
Abstract design; Dhuwa man's body ℹ️
1967
by Yirawala
National Gallery of Australia
Father mimi and sons, Lorrkon ℹ️
1967
by Yirawala
National Gallery of Australia
Lorrkon ℹ️
1968
by Yirawala
National Gallery of Australia
Katjailen (the serpent) ℹ️
1969
by Yirawala
Art Gallery of South Australia
Sacred emu, Maraian ℹ️
1971
by Yirawala
National Gallery of Australia
Stingray, Maraian, Moorpits, Yirritja dance ℹ️
1971
by Yirawala
National Gallery of Australia
Lumahlumah with magic power bags ℹ️
1972
by Yirawala
Art Gallery of South Australia
Power over nature ℹ️
1972
by Yirawala
Art Gallery of South Australia
Story of Mowani number three; girls in a dillybag ℹ️
1975
by Yirawala
National Gallery of Australia