Hollow Log (Dupun/Larrakitj/Lorrkon), 0.2

natural earth pigments on Stringybark (Eucalyptus tetradonta)

108 x 14 x 14 cm

$1,200

Artwork story: Lorrkon or hollow log cofﬁns are central to the funeral ceremony practiced by the Kuninjku people of Western Arnhem Land. The hollow logs, which housed the ochred bones of the deceased person, were painted with clan designs and placed into the ground where they were left to decay naturally. The thin and delicate rarrk (crosshatching) done by the artist is amazingly and uniformly maintained across the whole length of a hollow log. The hollow logs reverberate with the power of ancestral beings who inhabit Western Arnhem Land .

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natural earth pigments on Stringybark (Eucalyptus tetradonta)

108 x 14 x 14 cm

$1,200

Artwork story: Lorrkon or hollow log cofﬁns are central to the funeral ceremony practiced by the Kuninjku people of Western Arnhem Land. The hollow logs, which housed the ochred bones of the deceased person, were painted with clan designs and placed into the ground where they were left to decay naturally. The thin and delicate rarrk (crosshatching) done by the artist is amazingly and uniformly maintained across the whole length of a hollow log. The hollow logs reverberate with the power of ancestral beings who inhabit Western Arnhem Land .