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Yilpirr Wanambi
04 August 2008No Title
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Moiety: Dhuwa
Homeland: Gurka'wuy
Clan: Gurka'wuy
Catalogue No:2484V
SP1
Price $675
46.5cm X 118cm
Freight & Handling: $50-100
Each bark sold through the ISX website is fitted with a custom made aluminium hanging system. This provides an easy hanging point and is a museum practice conservation technique.
Link to Buku-Larrnggay Mulka Centre and more information on nuwuyak or bark painting
About the Artist
Yilpirr's father was Guthapuma Wa]ambi.
Guthapuma's father was Wawit 1 (one of Donald Thomson's men).
When his father died, Guthapuma was sent to live with his father's brother, Mithili, at Yirrkala. After attending the Mission school there he worked on the mission farm growing peanuts, cassava, sweet potatoes and other fruit and vegetables.
Later, when the mining town of Nhulunbuy was established, he worked for Yirrkala Business Enterprises (YBE) at the brick works and building roads.
In the early 1970's he helped Birrikitji Gumana and his sons establish the outstation of Gå]ga] on Blue Mud Bay, and lived there until his death in 1982.
Yilpirr's mother is Liyamadal#1 Marawili. She shares a mother's mother with Djambawa Marawili and their mothers were both from the Dhu[i-Djapu. He is the third child but his elder siblings are now deceased.
After his father's death he has always been cared for by Mithili's children, Wukun, Boliny and Ralwurrandji who are his father and aunts respectively. They are all prolific and successful artists.
He married Liyamadal #2 Marawili, Djambawa's daughter in 2005 and they have no children. He moved from Gångan to Yilpara where his wife is from after his brother's death in 2005 and this is when he started painting.
| Contact Details | |
| Name: | Buku-Larrnggay Mulka Centre |
| Phone: | 08-8987-1701 |
| FAX: | 08-8987-2701 |
| Email: | art@yirrkala.com |
| WWW: | http://www.yirrkala.com |