Natural ochres on eucalyptus tetradonta wood.
68x18x20cm
Provenance: Maningrida Arts & Culture (Official Aboriginal Arts Centre), Maningrida, NT, Australia.
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This art sculpture refers to the Lorrkon, or trunk coffin, ceremony which is the ultimate celebration of a succession of funeral rituals performed by the people of Arnhem Land. During this ceremony, the bones of the deceased are placed in a tree trunk eaten away by termites and adorned with hand-painted clan totem emblems.
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'Lorrkon (Hollow Log / Funeral Trunk)' by Deborah Wurrkidj
Stringybark (Eucalyptus Tetradonta) with natural ocher pigments.
68x18x20cm
Provenance: Maningrida Arts & Culture (official Aboriginal art centre), Maningrida, NT, Australia.
The artwork comes with the authenticity certificate from the art centre.
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Description:
The Lorrkon or bone pole coffin ceremony was the final ceremony in a sequence of mortuary rituals celebrated by the people of Arnhem Land. This ceremony involves the placing of the deceased's bones into a hollow log which was decorated with painted clan designs and ceremonially placed into the ground where it remained until it slowly decayed over many years.
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