Manini Gumana

Garrapara

Bark painting, 44cm x 50cm
Provenance: Buku-Larrngay Mulka, Yirrkala.

Garrapara, 2013

Bark painting, 48cm x 68cm
Provenance: Buku-Larrngay Mulka, Yirrkala.

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Manini Gumana lives at her homeland, Gängan, and is a member of Buku-Larrngay Mulka Art Centre in the Arnhem Land. She is married to fellow esteemed artist, Garwan Wanambi. Manini has developed a unique approach to bark and pole painting that epitomises the innovative approach to art among the younger generation of Yirrkala's artists (1).

From the authenticity certificates: Garrapara is a coastal headland within Blue Mud Bay. This sacred design shows the water of Djalma Bay chopped up by the blustery South Easterlies of the early Dry season. It marks the spot of a sacred burial area for the Dhalwanu clan and a sit where dispute was formally settled by Makarrata. Garrapara has been rendered by the wavy design for Yirrtja saltwater in Blue Mud Bay called Munurru. Manurru is deep water that has many states and connects with the sacred waters coming from the land estates by currents and tidal action.

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