Garimala
1990
- Artist/s name
- Ginger Riley Munduwalawala
Mara
- Medium
- synthetic polymer paint on paper
- Measurements
- 56.8 x 75.6 cm irreg. (image) 58.6 x 77.4 cm irreg. (sheet)
- Place/s of Execution
- Ngukurr, South-east Arnhem Land, Northern Territory
- Accession Number
- 1996.209
- Credit Line
- National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Presented through The Art Foundation of Victoria by Beverly and Anthony Knight, Fellows, 1996
© Reproduced courtesy of the Estate of Ginger Riley Munduwalawala & Alcaston Gallery, Melbourne - Gallery Location
- Not on display
Mara artist Ginger Riley Munduwalawala called himself a ‘saltwater man’. Garimala 1990 represents Garimala, a snake ancestor, towering over the Four Archers, hills near the mouth of the Limmen Bight River in the artist’s country, which are represented twice.
Garimala is responsible for creating the Four Archers, a ravine or gap in the mountain known as Ngarinburis. Garimala is shown again in the lower left in a different guise as two snakes, male and female, guarding a message stick/shield. The message stick is announcing a ceremony that is about to happen and is a form of invitation to this ceremony.
