1942, Wonju Munungurr, Djapu' Miny'tji (Djapu' Clan Design) -- American University Museum (Washington) (special exhibition)
From the museum label: This story belongs only to the Djapu' people. It is the story painted by my father, Wongu, and it tells the story of Wändawuy, the ancestral lands of the Djapu' people. My father was the keeper of the section of the Wändawuy river called Gapu-Marawiyin. He held authority over that water, so that he could pass it onto us, to me and all of my brothers who have died. Each stroke on the bark will tell you of that place. You will see it in our paintings. This place belongs only to us and nobody else. It is this Country from which we come, and this is the story that is hidden here.
-WÄKA MUNUNGURR
1942, Wonju Munungurr, Djapu' Miny'tji (Djapu' Clan Design) -- American University Museum (Washington) (special exhibition)
From the museum label: This story belongs only to the Djapu' people. It is the story painted by my father, Wongu, and it tells the story of Wändawuy, the ancestral lands of the Djapu' people. My father was the keeper of the section of the Wändawuy river called Gapu-Marawiyin. He held authority over that water, so that he could pass it onto us, to me and all of my brothers who have died. Each stroke on the bark will tell you of that place. You will see it in our paintings. This place belongs only to us and nobody else. It is this Country from which we come, and this is the story that is hidden here.
-WÄKA MUNUNGURR