The Yawkyawk is a female creature originating in the mythology of the Kunwinjku people of Western Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, Australia. It is also...
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(1960/1961 - 2020) was an Aboriginal Australian artist known for his Mimih and Yawkyawk sculptures, and acting roles. Crusoe Kurddal was an artist, dancer, singer...
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custodians of an important site related to female water spirits known as yawkyawk, Yalandja has become internationally renowned for his painted carvings...
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River. Proficient across various subjects, Njiminjuma frequently depicted yawkyawk figures, believed to be female water spirits in Kuninjku culture. These...
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sun Wurugag and Waramurungundi, first man and woman of Kunwinjku legend Yawkyawk, Aboriginal (Kunwinjku) shape-shifting mermaids who live in waterholes...
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the early 2000s. Her favorite subject is the yawkyawk, a female spirit who lives in the water. The Yawkyawk spirit lives in freshwater streams and pools...
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Rainbow Serpent) Ngalyod the Rainbow Serpent Oenpelli, Western Arnhem Land Yawkyawk Two Works: Saratoga Fish Namangurr (Barramundi) and Mimi Spirit Namangurr...
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was drawn from cultural spirits or ancestral beings such as Wayarra and yawkyawk. Figures from everyday life such as camp dogs, feral pigs, and humans were...
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Yawk Yawk, a depiction of female water spirits. Bardayal illustrates the yawkyawk in a new way that is different from the traditional images. Instead of...
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wooden frame infilled with string mesh. Her first work in 2003 represented Yawkyawk, a female water spirit in Kuninjku religion. This subject has remained...
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Ngalyod and Yawkyawk. These two female transformational beings are incredibly prominent in Kuninjku art, and their stories are linked. Yawkyawk is the young...
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Yunupingu (the rock) Northern Territory 2023 Owen Yalandja Ngalkodjek Yawkyawk Northern Territory 2024 Wurrandan Marawili Rumbal, the body / the truth...
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ngaldadmurrng (saratoga fish), birlmu (large barramundi fish), mimih spirits, yawkyawk and Ngalyod (the Rainbow Serpent). Two examples of these early works are...
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