Betty Muffler & Maringka Burton
Ngangkari Ngura (Healing Country), 2022
Betty Muffler and Maringka Burton are highly respected Anangu ngangkari (traditional healers). Their collaborative commission focuses on the healing of ngura (country) and of Anangu people in the aftermath of British atomic testing at Maralinga and Emu Field during the 1950s. The fluent lines evoke the movement of water in the deserts, suggestive of the power of ngangkari to control the weather systems and bring rain.
- Artist / Maker
- Betty Muffler (1944) Maringka Burton (1950)
- Creation Date
- 2022
- Place created
- Australia - Arnhem Land
- Collection
- University Art Collection
- Subjects
- Art and Design - Paintings
- Materials used
- synthetic polymer paint on linen
- Dimensions
(H x W x D) - unstretched canvas (irregular) 300 x 500 cm
- Credit line
- The University of Melbourne Art Collection. Commissioned, 2022
- Accession number
- 2022.003.001
- Copyright
- © Betty Muffler and Maringka Burton Request Access
