Mimi Spirits (AB5) Annalisa Ferraris The run-off from the rains

The run-off from the rains makes a pattern of lines and furrows down the surface of the sandhills

Ngoia has special custodianship responsibilities for this country

Size: 120 x 90cm

Year: 2004

The circles represent the rock pools (Puli)

Mimi Spirits (AB5) Annalisa Ferraris The run-off from the rainsYear: 1992 Size: 123 x 67cm natural earth ochre pigments on stringybark Mimi are reclusive, shy spirits that inhabit the rocky escarpment country around Gunbulunya in Western Arnhem land. They hide in the rocks during the daylight hours and only emerge at night, travelling under the cloak of darkness. The only people to see them are Marrkidjbu, the medicine men of the Kunwinjku people. In this painting the artist has painted a male and a female Mimi