Història dels caçadors Wulu-Wulk i Munupa

Creator

Marika, Mathaman (c. 1920 - 1970)

Place

http://sws.geonames.org/2077456

Country

Spain

Provider

Museum of Cultures of the World

Collection

2058207_AG_ES_CIB_H15804

Mawalan Marika (1908-1967) was a leader of the Rirratjingu clan, in north-western Arnhem Land. The Yirrkala Methodist Mission was set up in this territory. Marika became a spokesman and a negotiator with non-indigenous peoples. For him, art was a way of advocating understanding and an appreciation of the Yolngu (Arnhem Land Indigenous Australians). He helped to shape the commercial bark painting movement, especially in the 1950s, when there was growing interest in learning about the most importa

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