Click to enlargeDjambo (Sambo) Burra Burra
c.1946 – 2005
- Region
- Arnhem Land
- Community
- Ngukurr (Roper River)
- Language group
- Ritharrŋu (Ritharrngu); Wägilak (Wagilak)
Kangaroos and Spirit Hunter, 1996
synthetic polymer paint on canvas
122 x 250 cm
- Provenance
- Bula Bula Arts, Ramingining, NT
- Artwork story
- The Kangaroo - Garndalpurru - is important for us. Corroboree (ceremony) for this one is dancing like that Garndalpurru - hopping around like kangaroo. Djambo is “Jangai” (ceremonial leader) for this ceremony.