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Dhukurrurru
Buwathay Munyarryun2012
Museum & Art Gallery of the Northern Territory (MAGNT)
Australia
The entire painting depicts the Wangurri clan design for an area of saltwater covering the country called Wulwala – close to what is known as Cape Wilberforce. Here the water is flat with clams creating a shimmer to the horizon © Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory
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- Title: Dhukurrurru
- Creator: Buwathay Munyarryun
- Creator Lifespan: 1962
- Creator Nationality: Australian
- Creator Gender: Male
- Date: 2012
- Type: Three-Dimensional Work
- Rights: Purchased 2013, Telstra Collection, Museum & Art Gallery of the Northern Territory © licensed by Buku-Larrnggasy Mulku Centre
- Medium: natural pigments on hollow log
- Geographical Region of Artist: Dhalinybuy, North-east Arnhemland
- Exhibition: 29th Telstra National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Art Award 2012
- Ethnic Language Group: Yolngu
- Dimensions: 235 x19 x 19 cm
- Collection: Contemporary Australian Indigenous Art
- Artist Ethnicity: Aboriginal
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