Dhambit Munuŋgurr is an artist living in Yirrkala, in northeastern Arnhem land. Munuŋgurr was hit by a car in 2007, and suffered life-threatening head injuries. She survived, but is currently in a wheelchair with restrictions on movement and speech. Through her family’s support and her own personal courage, she has used art to overcome the difficulties. Her art is founded in knowledge of Yolŋu Law, based on deep
understanding of the spiritual forces of her country. She paints every day, is prolific and generous.

Bäru (2014) comprises painted Larrakitj (hollow logs) and a painting on bark. Fire was brought to the Madarrpa clan country by Bäru, the ancestral crocodile. The fire spread across the land, burning various ancestral creatures in its path. These animals became sacred totems of the Gumatj people and the associated areas became important sites.

The Gumatj clan design connected to these events are a diamond design, representing fire; the red flames, the white smoke and ash, the black charcoal and the yellow dust. Also the black skin, yellow fat, white bone and red blood of Gumatj people. Clans owning connected parts of this sequence of ancestral events share variations of this diamond design.