Map showing location of Munurru. The Wunambul people know this area as Munurru , the borderland between their country and that of the Ngarinyin people to the east of King Edward River (Mungara)
Echidna (Tachyglossus aculeatus) with protruding tongue. Estimated to be more than 4000 years old.
The two figures with large rounded headdresses are described as Owl-people or Owl Wandjina by traditional owner Wilfred Goonack. The third elongated figure without a headdress is Wadjuwa, a spirit man who accompanies the other two.
The spirit man has been painted over much older Bent Knee Figures wearing conical headdresses with projecting sticks, upper arm decoration and upper arm decorations (leaf or feathers) In 1929 Kimberley Aborigines performed a corroboree similar in appearance to the ancient Bent Knee Figures.
Wandjina at Munurru.
Adult hand stencils. Child's hand stencil with missing finger.
A scaly-tailed possum and human figure. These later figures overlay a darker Tasseled Figure (Gwion Gwion) of a hunter with headdress and arm bands. The wasps nest was dated at 17,500 years old providing a date line for the figure. The headdress just overlays the edge of the wasp nest.
Reflections on a hot day.
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