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- Arnhem Land
- Community
- Gunyuŋara (Ski Beach)
- Language group
- Yolŋu
Djapu - Shark Story (Lorkon), 2021
natural earth pigments on Stringybark (Eucalyptus tetradonta)
72 x 14 x 14 cm
$2,400
- Provenance
- Gapuwiyak Culture and Arts, Gapuwiyak, NT Cooee Aboriginal Art Gallery, NSW
- Artwork story
- Wandawuy is a homeland for the Djapu people. The ancestral shark travelled through this country. The Djapu sing, dance and paint the shark. The Rakk design referrers to the freshwater billabongs and waterways and the nets and traps used to catch the shark. This work also shows the Ganal (eel tailed catfish), which is park of the song cycle for this location.