LORRKON, 2003

Important Aboriginal Art
Melbourne
26 March 2014
154

JIMMY NJIMINJUMA (1945 - 2004) and HALEEMA DJORLOM

LORRKON, 2003

natural earth pigments on hardwood hollow log

148.0 cm height

Estimate: 
$6,000 - 8,000
Provenance

Maningrida Arts and Culture, Northern Territory (cat. 692-03)
Private collection, Adelaide

Catalogue text

This painting is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Maningrida Arts and Culture which states: '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.'