- ID Ref #
- 21613
- Prize Category
- Indigenous Emerging Artist
- Preferred Artist Name for publication (this name will be used on all the collateral)
- Merrkiyawuy #2 Munuŋgurr
- Your social media handles
- @bukuartnow
- Artist / Gallery Website
- https://yirrkala.com/
- Artwork Title
- Dhatam (Lillies)
- Entry Type
- All other media
- URL link of the entry
- Password or any other important information about viewing the file
- Detailed Instructions for the setup of your instillation / sculpture
- Secured with D Rings verso
- Medium
- Natural pigments on bark
- Dimensions
- 112cm x 46cm
- Depth
- 5
- Weight
- 6
- Price
- $$6500
- Delivery
- Courier
- Collection
- Courier
- Gallery Representation
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- Name of Gallery
- Artwork Image One
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- Artwork Image Two
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- Artist Statement
- This imagery is of the Lily seed pods which Yolŋu collect and pound to remove the edible seeds from. It refers to perhaps the oldest continuous human religious iconographical practice: the story of the Rainbow Serpent. Estimates vary from 40,000-60,000 years on the depictions of the Rainbow Serpent in West Arnhem rock shelters. Amongst the Dhatam, waterlillies, two ancestral figures travelled Gälpu clan lands and on further, during the days of early times called Waŋarr: Wititj, the all powerful rainbow serpent (olive python) and Djaykuŋ the Javanese filesnake that is a companion and possibly alternate incarnation of Wititj, living in
- Payment Status
- Created At
- February 11, 2026
- Updated At
