Arnhem Art Gunbalanya
Gunbalanya
- Gunbalanya is a community of ten language groups but mainly Kunwinjku .
- Gunbalanya is next to the Alligator river and the area has abundant wildlife including ducks and barramundi fish.
- Traditional painting with ochre on bark has been practiced for many thousands of years.
Gunbalanya Style
- Gunbalanya style is mostly traditional images of spirits, Mimi's and Wanjina.
- A shortage of bark in the 1990's forced local painters to start painting with ochre on paper primed with gouache.
- Arnhem style is interesting because it tell traditional stories in a single work.
Gunbalanya Artists
| Marralwanga | Gabriel |
| Nabarrayal | Lofty |
| Nadjamerrek | Bardayal |
| Nadjamerrek | Lofty |
| Nganjmira | Bobby |
| Nganjmira | Peter |
| Nganjmira | Robin |
Works By Gunbalanya Artists on EBay
Original Aboriginal Tiwi Crocodile early 1950's |
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$3,800.00 |
8d 11h 29m | |
COLLECTABLE SOUVENIR ABORIGINAL BARK PAINTING ARNHEM L |
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$5.00 | 19d 7h 8m |
