13 Facts About Crusoe Kurddal

Crusoe Kurddal was an Aboriginal Australian artist known for his Mimih and Yawkyawk sculptures, and acting roles.

Crusoe Kurddal was an artist, dancer, singer, and actor who lived and worked in Maningrida, an aboriginal community in central Arnhem Land of the Northern Territory of Australia.

Crusoe Kurddal started his artistic career with Mimih spirits as his primary subject matter.

Traditionally Mimih's had traditional rarrk designs, but Crusoe Kurddal's father utilised small dots and passed it down to his sons.

Crusoe Kurddal created these figures from 1968 until his death in 1984.

Crusoe Kurddal used to put it in the middle and would dance around it.

Crusoe Kurddal focused on creating the Mimih spirits and learned to carve these figurines in a similar way to his father, but he subsequently evolved the iconography in his own unique fashion.

Many Kuninjku people started to carve comparable models in the late 1980s, but Owen Yalandja and Crusoe Kurddal are the most prominent pioneers in these sculptural depictions.

Crusoe Kurddal began to make Mimih sculptures that are significantly larger in scale than his father's in the mid-1980s.

Crusoe Kurddal is renowned for producing tribal items in addition to working in oils and acrylics.

In 2006, Crusoe Kurddal played the leading role as Ridjimiraril in Rolf de Heer's Ten Canoes.

Crusoe Kurddal begins on a path of revenge, determined to save his wife.

Crusoe Kurddal was a musician who acted and created music for the drama The Sleeping Warrior.