Title

Yalangbara : art of the Djang'kawu / produced in partnership with Banduk Marika and other members of the Rirratjingu clan, north-east Arnhem Land.

Author

West, Maggie (editor).

Details

Darwin, N.T. : Charles Darwin University Press, 2008

Publication date

2008

Physical description

pages: 208; illustrations: colour; portraits; maps; Bibliography: pages 198-203; index; format: 28 cm.

ISBN

9780980384673

Type

Book

Language

English

Country of context

Australia

Abstract

"Yalangbara is the first indigenous art publication to focus upon one significant ancestral site. It has been produced on behalf of members of the Rirratjingu clan to celebrate Yalangbara (Port Bradshaw), the landing site of the Djangkawu ancestors, the law-givers and progenitors of the people throughout north-east Arnhem Land. Their creative activities are depicted by three generations of talented Marika artists, including Mawalan 1, Mathaman, Milirrpum, Roy, Wandjuk, Banduk, Dhuwarrwarr, Mawalan 2, Jimmy Barrmula and Wanyubi Marika. The accompanying text examines aspects of Yolngu (Aboriginal) aesthetics and material culture, history, myth, land ownership and copyright to show the complex interrelationship of these themes in Yolngu life. [provided by publisher].