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Aboriginal rock painting of Mimi spirits in the Anbangbang gallery at Nourlangie Rock. Mimis (or Mimih spirits [1]) are fairy-like beings of Arnhem Land in the folklore of the Aboriginal Australians of northern Australia. They are described as having extremely thin and elongated bodies, so thin as to be in danger of breaking in case of a high wind.
Crusoe Kuningbal primarily focused his artwork on portraying the mimih. [2] Mimih spirits are tall, thin, fragile spirit beings that inhabit Arnhem Land, specifically rocky areas and act in mischievous ways. [2] In the beginning of his career as a sculptor of mimih spirits in the 1980s, they sold from $12-$50. [3]
Depictions of the Mimih spirits is abundant in the region's rock art, and some say that the Mimih painted the art themselves to reveal their way of life. [ 6 ] Kunningbul was the first and only Maningrida artist to depict Mimih figures in sculptural form from the 1960s to the 1980s, despite the subject being a commonplace in bark paintings from ...
Bardayal Nadjamerrek was made an Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) in the 2004 Australia Day Honours for "service to the preservation of Indigenous culture as a Senior Traditional man and significant artist whose work documents the relationship of the land and its ancestral past via the Mimih Spirits of rock art". [3]
Peter Marralwanga (1916–1987), also known as Djakku (meaning left-handed [1]), was an Aboriginal Australian artist known for his paintings.He was a member of the Kardbam clan of the Bininj people, and spoke the Kuninjku language. [2]
The Aboriginal Memorial comprised hollow coffins decorated with clan designs, and signified the moment when the spirit of the deceased had finally returned home. [17] Maralngurra participated in a group of six memorial poles from his region that were done using Earth pigments on wood and included images such as the mimih spirit.
2 of his paintings are at the National Gallery of Victoria Manwuriwuri Corroboree (1969) and Mimih Spirits (1988) [16] Injalak Hill [17] Bobby Nganjmirra is specifically credited for his 1930 kangaroo painting and others in 1984. [6] National Gallery Australia. The National Gallery Australia has 31 works credited to Nganjimirra.
Loo-errn, spirit ancestor and guardian of the Brataualung people; Nargun, fierce half-human, half-stone creature of Gunai legend; Thinan-malkia, evil spirit who captures victims with nets that entangle their feet; Tiddalik, frog of southeast Australian legend who drank all the water in the land, and had to be made to laugh to regurgitate it