Munhala Dhamarrandji

This artist depicts the Djambarrpuy?u clan design of Batjimurru?u.

This�design carries the miny�tji of Batjimurru?u a shellfish of the mangroves area which climbs the aerial roots of the mangroves as the tide comes in. It is sung by the Djambarrpuyngu clan with the Guyula / Dhamarrandji surnames and relates to the Buckingham Bay area of Gurula Dhulmuwandany. It is a design learnt by the artist via her mother�s first husband and is her classificatory sister clan.

This place and design, songs and the shellfish itself are related to the songlines of the Dja?’kawu sisters of the Dhuwa moiety.

Batjimurru?u is Cassidula angulifera or the Angular Ear Shell. The synonyms are miniminipi and mitjala?ani?.