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Artists commonly use a mix of naturally dyed and undyed fibre to create a striking variation of coloured bands. They colour the pandanus using natural dyes made from the roots, leaves or flowers of plants within the weaver’s clan estate. Some artists also incorporate different types of looping to produce different patterns and textured finishes. Each type of mat, fibre bag, basket and dilly bag has its own name in the various languages spoken in the Maningrida region.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eArtists weave many different kinds of mats. Conical mats were traditionally used to shield babies from mosquitoes. Long flat mats were used for blocking creeks so that fish would be diverted into fish traps. A small triangular mat made of pandanus fibre used to be worn by women during ceremonial gatherings, tied around their back and covering them at the front. Mats are also used for wrapping and rinsing food in water.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eArtists usually use ngarakáya, \u003cem\u003epandanus spiralis\u003c\/em\u003e, to weave fragrant, decorative round or oblong mats, as well as the less common triangular and conical shapes. The radial woven patterns of the finest round mats appear to vibrate with colour, sometimes regarded as an aesthetic manifestation of deep cultural meaning, as there is a significant spiritual dimension to pandanus mats.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Brunswick Street Gallery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51149966868778,"sku":null,"price":3800.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0678\/0374\/2506\/files\/MatJenniferBrown.jpg?v=1777509171"},{"product_id":"anniebell-marrngamarrnga-yawkyawk-ngalkunburriyaymi-1653-24","title":"Anniebell Marrngamarrnga | Yawkyawk (Ngalkunburriyaymi) 1653-24","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"artwork-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is a depiction of Ngalkunburriyaymi or Yawkyawk, the fish-women spirit. Sometimes compared to the European notion of mermaids, they exist as spiritual beings living in freshwater streams, particularly those in the stone country. These water spirits are perhaps the most enigmatic, and are usually described and depicted with the tails of fish. Thus the Kuninjku people sometime call them ngalberddjenj which literally means ‘the woman who has a tail like a fish’. They have long hair which is associated with trailing blooms of green algae (man-bak in Kuninjku) found in freshwater streams and rock pools. At times they leave their aquatic homes to walk about on dry land, particularly at night.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAboriginal people believe that at one time all animals were humans. During the time of the creation of landscapes and plants and animals, these ancestor heroes in human form changed into their animal forms via a series of various significant events now recorded as oral mythologies. Today the Kuninjku believe that ngalkunburriyaymi are alive and well and living in freshwater sites in a number of sacred locations. The Kuninjku also believe that ‘clever’ man (magicians with mystical powers called na-kordang) may take these spirits as wives. The father of Mandarrk, a well known artist who resided in the Central Arnhem area, is said to have had such a spirit as a wife. Unfortunately, it is said, she failed one day to return from being sent to fetch water from the river, and returned to her kin. The ngalkunburriyaymi also have husbands and children of their own kind. Their sites are usually shared with the rainbow serpent ngalyod. Some have ritual importance, for example in some depictions, the yawkyawk spirit holds ceremonial string, just like the lengths of string women hold between both hands today during certain public ceremonies. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThere are at least three major ngalkunburriyaymi sacred sites that are well known in the area south and south-west of Maningrida. One site Bolerrhlerr is on the Mann River at a place near Yikarrakkal Outstation where there are rugged rocky banks and clefts beneath stone overhangs in the water. Another very similar site further west in the Kumadderr River district is surrounded by a number of small but very old rock art sites and has become known in English as ‘Dreaming Lady’. A third site is a major yawkyawk dreaming place which is so significant that the traditional Dangkorlo clan custodians have set up an outstation near the site. The identity of this group is very much related to their yawkyawk dreaming for which they have spiritual and practical responsibility. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eText courtesy of Maningrida Arts \u0026amp; Culture.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Brunswick Street Gallery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51157652570410,"sku":null,"price":6500.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0678\/0374\/2506\/files\/4LS_flyers3.jpg?v=1770790747"},{"product_id":"anniebell-marrngamarrnga-yawkyawk-ngalkunburriyaymi-626-22","title":"Anniebell Marrngamarrnga | Yawkyawk (Ngalkunburriyaymi) 626-22","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"artwork-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is a depiction of Ngalkunburriyaymi or Yawkyawk, the fish-women spirit. Sometimes compared to the European notion of mermaids, they exist as spiritual beings living in freshwater streams, particularly those in the stone country. These water spirits are perhaps the most enigmatic, and are usually described and depicted with the tails of fish. Thus the Kuninjku people sometime call them ngalberddjenj which literally means ‘the woman who has a tail like a fish’. They have long hair which is associated with trailing blooms of green algae (man-bak in Kuninjku) found in freshwater streams and rock pools. At times they leave their aquatic homes to walk about on dry land, particularly at night.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAboriginal people believe that at one time all animals were humans. During the time of the creation of landscapes and plants and animals, these ancestor heroes in human form changed into their animal forms via a series of various significant events now recorded as oral mythologies. Today the Kuninjku believe that ngalkunburriyaymi are alive and well and living in freshwater sites in a number of sacred locations. The Kuninjku also believe that ‘clever’ man (magicians with mystical powers called na-kordang) may take these spirits as wives. The father of Mandarrk, a well known artist who resided in the Central Arnhem area, is said to have had such a spirit as a wife. Unfortunately, it is said, she failed one day to return from being sent to fetch water from the river, and returned to her kin. The ngalkunburriyaymi also have husbands and children of their own kind. Their sites are usually shared with the rainbow serpent ngalyod. Some have ritual importance, for example in some depictions, the yawkyawk spirit holds ceremonial string, just like the lengths of string women hold between both hands today during certain public ceremonies. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThere are at least three major ngalkunburriyaymi sacred sites that are well known in the area south and south-west of Maningrida. One site Bolerrhlerr is on the Mann River at a place near Yikarrakkal Outstation where there are rugged rocky banks and clefts beneath stone overhangs in the water. Another very similar site further west in the Kumadderr River district is surrounded by a number of small but very old rock art sites and has become known in English as ‘Dreaming Lady’. A third site is a major yawkyawk dreaming place which is so significant that the traditional Dangkorlo clan custodians have set up an outstation near the site. The identity of this group is very much related to their yawkyawk dreaming for which they have spiritual and practical responsibility. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eText courtesy of Maningrida Arts \u0026amp; Culture.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Brunswick Street Gallery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51157654470954,"sku":null,"price":4200.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0678\/0374\/2506\/files\/78150663.jpg?v=1771232057"},{"product_id":"jeremiah-bonson-warraburnburn-1130-25","title":"Jeremiah Bonson | Warraburnburn 1130-25","description":"\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIncluded with this sculpture is a custom fitted floor stand for display. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eIn Burarra and Gun-nartpa languages the figure represented in this artwork is generally known as a \u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003ewangarra \u003c\/span\u003e‘ghost spirit’. For the Warrawarra clan ghost spirits have their own particular characteristics and their own name - Warraburnburn.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eThe Warraburnburn and the closely related Galabarrbarr spirit (owned by the Balkarranga clan) are also \u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003emanikay \u003c\/span\u003esong topics.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eThe spirits are related to each other as maternal grandparent and grandchild, just as the people of Warrawarra and Balkarranga are. The dancing of the two ghost spirit figures forms the finale performance for funerals, and is the final goodbye to a deceased family member.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eIn many ways the Warraburnburn and Galabarrbarr ghost spirits are like people. They emerge from the patches of jungle on Warrawarra and Balkarranga country in the late afternoon and go hunting in family groups of men, women and children. They stay in contact with each other by calling out as the men hunt for fish and the women walk with their dillybags looking for vegetable food.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eThe ghost spirits are associated closely with white ochre and artists commonly paint the bodies of carved figures in white.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eDifferent types of ghost spirit wear different patterns. Warraburnburn is decorated with uniform white dots while others are painted white all over. Some ghost spirits are shown with a design painted on their chest infilled with rarrk ‘cross-hatching’, the same designs that are painted onto \u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003ejapi an-guyinda \u003c\/span\u003e‘male initiations’.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eThey also have supernatural characteristics including superhuman size (\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003ejarra anbaykarda \u003c\/span\u003e‘super tall’). They know the country intimately – some are malevolent towards humans and will lead people astray, taking them to unfamiliar and dangerous places.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eThese malevolent spirits are likened to \u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003ean-muburda \u003c\/span\u003e‘sorcerers’ and can conduct dangerous rituals that cause harm to people.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eOthers are benign and will lead humans back to familiar paths and their own camps\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eText courtesy of Maningrida Arts \u0026amp; Culture. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Brunswick Street Gallery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51858778652970,"sku":null,"price":1150.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0678\/0374\/2506\/files\/1130-25_Jeremiah_Bonson_Warraburnburn_111x8x8cm.jpg?v=1783652698"},{"product_id":"jeremiah-bonson-warraburnburn-882-25","title":"Jeremiah Bonson | Warraburnburn 882-25","description":"\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIncluded with this sculpture is a custom fitted floor stand for display. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eIn Burarra and Gun-nartpa languages the figure represented in this artwork is generally known as a \u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003ewangarra \u003c\/span\u003e‘ghost spirit’. 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They stay in contact with each other by calling out as the men hunt for fish and the women walk with their dillybags looking for vegetable food.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eThe ghost spirits are associated closely with white ochre and artists commonly paint the bodies of carved figures in white.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eDifferent types of ghost spirit wear different patterns. Warraburnburn is decorated with uniform white dots while others are painted white all over. Some ghost spirits are shown with a design painted on their chest infilled with rarrk ‘cross-hatching’, the same designs that are painted onto \u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003ejapi an-guyinda \u003c\/span\u003e‘male initiations’.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eThey also have supernatural characteristics including superhuman size (\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003ejarra anbaykarda \u003c\/span\u003e‘super tall’). They know the country intimately – some are malevolent towards humans and will lead people astray, taking them to unfamiliar and dangerous places.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eThese malevolent spirits are likened to \u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003ean-muburda \u003c\/span\u003e‘sorcerers’ and can conduct dangerous rituals that cause harm to people.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eOthers are benign and will lead humans back to familiar paths and their own camps\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eText courtesy of Maningrida Arts \u0026amp; Culture. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Brunswick Street Gallery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51858858475818,"sku":null,"price":1700.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0678\/0374\/2506\/files\/882-25_Jeremiah_Bonson_Warraburnburn_133x5x5cm.jpg?v=1783652777"},{"product_id":"jeremiah-bonson-warraburnburn-1276-25","title":"Jeremiah Bonson | Warraburnburn 1276-25","description":"\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIncluded with this sculpture is a custom fitted floor stand for display. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eIn Burarra and Gun-nartpa languages the figure represented in this artwork is generally known as a \u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003ewangarra \u003c\/span\u003e‘ghost spirit’. 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They stay in contact with each other by calling out as the men hunt for fish and the women walk with their dillybags looking for vegetable food.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eThe ghost spirits are associated closely with white ochre and artists commonly paint the bodies of carved figures in white.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eDifferent types of ghost spirit wear different patterns. Warraburnburn is decorated with uniform white dots while others are painted white all over. Some ghost spirits are shown with a design painted on their chest infilled with rarrk ‘cross-hatching’, the same designs that are painted onto \u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003ejapi an-guyinda \u003c\/span\u003e‘male initiations’.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eThey also have supernatural characteristics including superhuman size (\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003ejarra anbaykarda \u003c\/span\u003e‘super tall’). They know the country intimately – some are malevolent towards humans and will lead people astray, taking them to unfamiliar and dangerous places.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eThese malevolent spirits are likened to \u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003ean-muburda \u003c\/span\u003e‘sorcerers’ and can conduct dangerous rituals that cause harm to people.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eOthers are benign and will lead humans back to familiar paths and their own camps\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eText courtesy of Maningrida Arts \u0026amp; Culture. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Brunswick Street Gallery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51858901565738,"sku":null,"price":1800.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0678\/0374\/2506\/files\/1276-25_Jeremiah_Bonson_Warraburnburn_154.5x5x5cm.jpg?v=1783652755"},{"product_id":"jeremiah-bonson-warraburnburn-1238-25","title":"Jeremiah Bonson | Warraburnburn 1238-25","description":"\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIncluded with this sculpture is a custom fitted floor stand for display. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eIn Burarra and Gun-nartpa languages the figure represented in this artwork is generally known as a \u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003ewangarra \u003c\/span\u003e‘ghost spirit’. 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They stay in contact with each other by calling out as the men hunt for fish and the women walk with their dillybags looking for vegetable food.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eThe ghost spirits are associated closely with white ochre and artists commonly paint the bodies of carved figures in white.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eDifferent types of ghost spirit wear different patterns. Warraburnburn is decorated with uniform white dots while others are painted white all over. Some ghost spirits are shown with a design painted on their chest infilled with rarrk ‘cross-hatching’, the same designs that are painted onto \u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003ejapi an-guyinda \u003c\/span\u003e‘male initiations’.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eThey also have supernatural characteristics including superhuman size (\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003ejarra anbaykarda \u003c\/span\u003e‘super tall’). 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They stay in contact with each other by calling out as the men hunt for fish and the women walk with their dillybags looking for vegetable food.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eThe ghost spirits are associated closely with white ochre and artists commonly paint the bodies of carved figures in white.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eDifferent types of ghost spirit wear different patterns. Warraburnburn is decorated with uniform white dots while others are painted white all over. Some ghost spirits are shown with a design painted on their chest infilled with rarrk ‘cross-hatching’, the same designs that are painted onto \u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003ejapi an-guyinda \u003c\/span\u003e‘male initiations’.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eThey also have supernatural characteristics including superhuman size (\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003ejarra anbaykarda \u003c\/span\u003e‘super tall’). 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They stay in contact with each other by calling out as the men hunt for fish and the women walk with their dillybags looking for vegetable food.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eThe ghost spirits are associated closely with white ochre and artists commonly paint the bodies of carved figures in white.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eDifferent types of ghost spirit wear different patterns. Warraburnburn is decorated with uniform white dots while others are painted white all over. Some ghost spirits are shown with a design painted on their chest infilled with rarrk ‘cross-hatching’, the same designs that are painted onto \u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003ejapi an-guyinda \u003c\/span\u003e‘male initiations’.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eThey also have supernatural characteristics including superhuman size (\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003ejarra anbaykarda \u003c\/span\u003e‘super tall’). 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They stay in contact with each other by calling out as the men hunt for fish and the women walk with their dillybags looking for vegetable food.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eThe ghost spirits are associated closely with white ochre and artists commonly paint the bodies of carved figures in white.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eDifferent types of ghost spirit wear different patterns. Warraburnburn is decorated with uniform white dots while others are painted white all over. Some ghost spirits are shown with a design painted on their chest infilled with rarrk ‘cross-hatching’, the same designs that are painted onto \u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003ejapi an-guyinda \u003c\/span\u003e‘male initiations’.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eThey also have supernatural characteristics including superhuman size (\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003ejarra anbaykarda \u003c\/span\u003e‘super tall’). 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They stay in contact with each other by calling out as the men hunt for fish and the women walk with their dillybags looking for vegetable food.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eThe ghost spirits are associated closely with white ochre and artists commonly paint the bodies of carved figures in white.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eDifferent types of ghost spirit wear different patterns. Warraburnburn is decorated with uniform white dots while others are painted white all over. Some ghost spirits are shown with a design painted on their chest infilled with rarrk ‘cross-hatching’, the same designs that are painted onto \u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003ejapi an-guyinda \u003c\/span\u003e‘male initiations’.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eThey also have supernatural characteristics including superhuman size (\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003ejarra anbaykarda \u003c\/span\u003e‘super tall’). 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At times these ceremonies were performed for extended language groups in the local region. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNow a familiar and broadly depicted figure of iconography, it is important to acknowledge the development of this quite recent sculptural tradition. The depiction of this particular spirit being, once used as an addition to the sharing of song cycles and ceremony, has since been elevated to a prominent form and subject of contemporary sculpture. Variation in the creation of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003emimih \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eacts as an indication of the individualism of each artist and their stylistic markers. 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For the Warrawarra clan ghost spirits have their own particular characteristics and their own name - Warraburnburn.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eThe Warraburnburn and the closely related Galabarrbarr spirit (owned by the Balkarranga clan) are also \u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003emanikay \u003c\/span\u003esong topics.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eThe spirits are related to each other as maternal grandparent and grandchild, just as the people of Warrawarra and Balkarranga are. The dancing of the two ghost spirit figures forms the finale performance for funerals, and is the final goodbye to a deceased family member.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eIn many ways the Warraburnburn and Galabarrbarr ghost spirits are like people. They emerge from the patches of jungle on Warrawarra and Balkarranga country in the late afternoon and go hunting in family groups of men, women and children. They stay in contact with each other by calling out as the men hunt for fish and the women walk with their dillybags looking for vegetable food.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eThe ghost spirits are associated closely with white ochre and artists commonly paint the bodies of carved figures in white.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eDifferent types of ghost spirit wear different patterns. Warraburnburn is decorated with uniform white dots while others are painted white all over. Some ghost spirits are shown with a design painted on their chest infilled with rarrk ‘cross-hatching’, the same designs that are painted onto \u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003ejapi an-guyinda \u003c\/span\u003e‘male initiations’.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eThey also have supernatural characteristics including superhuman size (\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003ejarra anbaykarda \u003c\/span\u003e‘super tall’). They know the country intimately – some are malevolent towards humans and will lead people astray, taking them to unfamiliar and dangerous places.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eThese malevolent spirits are likened to \u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003ean-muburda \u003c\/span\u003e‘sorcerers’ and can conduct dangerous rituals that cause harm to people.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eOthers are benign and will lead humans back to familiar paths and their own camps\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eText courtesy of Maningrida Arts \u0026amp; Culture. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Brunswick Street Gallery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52063994544426,"sku":null,"price":5100.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0678\/0374\/2506\/files\/1956-22JeremiahBonsonWarraburnburn.jpg?v=1783653573"},{"product_id":"jeremiah-bonson-warraburnburn-1113-23","title":"Jeremiah Bonson | Warraburnburn 1113-23","description":"\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIncluded with this sculpture is a custom fitted floor stand for display. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eIn Burarra and Gun-nartpa languages the figure represented in this artwork is generally known as a \u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003ewangarra \u003c\/span\u003e‘ghost spirit’. 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They stay in contact with each other by calling out as the men hunt for fish and the women walk with their dillybags looking for vegetable food.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eThe ghost spirits are associated closely with white ochre and artists commonly paint the bodies of carved figures in white.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eDifferent types of ghost spirit wear different patterns. Warraburnburn is decorated with uniform white dots while others are painted white all over. Some ghost spirits are shown with a design painted on their chest infilled with rarrk ‘cross-hatching’, the same designs that are painted onto \u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003ejapi an-guyinda \u003c\/span\u003e‘male initiations’.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eThey also have supernatural characteristics including superhuman size (\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003ejarra anbaykarda \u003c\/span\u003e‘super tall’). 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