Yab-yabbe-gen-nim
Minnie LUMAI: artist
This painting relates a key Ngarranggarni (dreaming) story for the Miriwoong and Gadjerriwoong peoples for the ownership of country around Kununurra and to the east in a place called Yab-yabbe-geni-nim. The plains kangaroo (Jarlangarnang) was a Miriwoong man and the hill kangaroo (Nyangood) was a Gadjerriwoong man. They had an argument about sugar bag (wild honey) which the plains kangaroo had hidden in the ridge. The two kangaroos began to fight and the beeswax was scattered across the hill [represented by the circle motifs in the painting]. “You can see it now…. all the rocks. Jarlangarnang told Nyangood "This is not your place. This is Miriwoong country." So Nyangood followed the ridges back to his country..”
Title
Yab-yabbe-gen-nim
Artist/Maker and role
Minnie LUMAI: artist
Date
2015
Medium
natural pigment on canvas
Measurements
130.0 x 125.0 cm
Credit line
Purchased through The Art Gallery of Western Australia Foundation: COVID-19 Arts Stimulus Package, 2020
The State Art Collection, The Art Gallery of Western Australia
Accession number
2020/0360
View all works by Minnie LUMAI (Australian, b.1941)
This is one of the paintings in our collection.
Subject Auto Tags
Tints and shades
Pattern
Font
Sandwich Cookies
Circle
Fashion accessory
Cuisine
Art
Sweetness
Finger food