Mimi Spirit A785 Artworks to $50 per week ‘This place is called ‘Walgundu’

‘This place is called ‘Walgundu’

An important role for the women traditionally was to collect the native bush foods for the rest of the tribe

The Olive Python (Manjudurrk) is painted between the two initiated man and alludes to other aspects of the ceremony

plains country

Size: 80 x 100cm

Mimi Spirit A785 Artworks to $50 per week ‘This place is called ‘Walgundu’Year: 2001 Size: 84 x 61cm acrylic on canvas Mimi are reclusive, shy spirits that inhabit the rocky escarpment country around Gunbulunya in Western Arnhem land. They hide in the rocks during the daylight hours and only emerge at night, travelling under the cloak of darkness. The only people to see them are Marrkidjbu, the medicine men of the Kunwinjku people. The Mimi impart knowledge to the Marrkidjbu who in turn pass on this information to the