Bulpunu Munuŋgurr
Nhamini baŋ’baŋ’
45 x 30.5 cm

ID: 7428-22

Mokuy translates as spirit.  This paintinng is representing a spirit figure from a story told to children. It is of a woman spirit Nhamini Baŋ’ Baŋ’ who has lost her child and who inhabits the dark forest. When she hears the cry of a baby boy she is drawn to it. You can hear her coming from the sound of her pendulous breasts as they hit her chest. This gives rise to her onomatopoeic name- ‘nhamini’ meaning breasts and baŋ’ baŋ’ the sound of them hitting her chest. Little boys are urged to stay quiet when they are crying with the threat that she may abduct them.