Mäṉa (The shark)
(c. 1984)
- Medium
- earth pigments on Stringybark (Eucalyptus sp.)
- Measurements
- 120.0 × 42.0 cm
- Place/s of Execution
- Wandawuy, Northern Territory
- Accession Number
- 1998.150
- Department
- First Nations Australia
- Credit Line
- National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Presented through The Art Foundation of Victoria by Dr Milton Roxanas, Governor, 1998
© The Estate of Djutadjuta Mununggurr, courtesy of Buku-Larrnggay Mulka Centre, Yirrkala
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of The Vizard Foundation - Gallery location
- Gallery 2
Ground Level, NGV Australia - About this work
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Djutadjuta Mununggurr was the son of the great Djapu clan leader Wonggu, who was a resistance fighter in opposition to settler engagement on Yolŋu lands. Mununggur was married to Noŋgirrŋa Marawili, who he taught to illustrate Djapu designs. Mäṉa, the ancestral shark, once travelled through the coast of the Dhuwa moiety’s Country, marking the land as they moved and imparting cultural narratives to the peoples they came across.