Title: Gapirri (stingray hiding in the rock)

Artist: Dhalmula #2 Burarrwaŋa

Artwork Size: 29 x 38cm (image), 49 x 61cm (BFK Rives paper)

Artwork medium: Linocut

Born: c. 1994

Clan: Gumatj

Moiety: Yirritja

Homeland: Bawaka

Art Centre: Buku-Larrŋgay Mulka Centre

Printed: Yirrkala Print Space and Sean Richard Smith

About:

This print depicts two gapirri (sting ray) in the water. They are hiding by burying themselves in the sand. The gapirri have white and black flecks on their skin so they look like the sand and broken coral. This story is important to me as the gapirri is my totem.