Click to enlarge1948 – 2016
- Region
- Arnhem Land
- Community
- Dhambaliya (Bremer Island)
- Language group
- Djambarrpuyŋu (Djambarrpuyngu)
Dupun (Hollow Log), 2007
natural earth pigments on Stringybark (Eucalyptus tetradonta)
253 cm
$7,500
- Provenance
- Buku-Larrnggay Mulka Centre, Yirrkala, NT Cooee Aboriginal Art Gallery, NSW
- Exhibited
- Dream Catchers - Featuring Maningrida, Cooee Aboriginal Art Gallery, NSW, October 2012 Metamorphosis Indigenous Sculpture, Cooee Aboriginal Art Gallery, NSW, October 2011
- Artwork story
- Lorrkon or hollow log coffins are central to the funeral ceremony. 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.