“Julunggal, the Rainbow Snake,”, 1981
Natural earth pigments on bark
Size (cm):177x86x7cm
Artbank Collection
Binyinyuwuy (c. 1928–1982) was an Aboriginal artist from the island of Milingimbi in Arnhem Land. He painted profusely in the late 1960s and early 70s. Binyinyuwuy was an artist of high ritual authority, which gave him the right to paint a large array of Dreamtime stories. He painted traditional songlines belonging to his moiety, the Dhuwa, and those of the Yirritja.
