Bulanjdjan Ngalkardbam (Kay Lindjuwanga) (1956 - 2024)

MARDAYIN DESIGNS, 2006

natural earth pigments on eucalyptus bark

133.0 x 36.0 cm (irregular)

bears inscription on label attached verso: artist's name, medium, size, language group and Maningrida Arts and Culture cat. 1427–06

Maningrida Arts and Culture, Northern Territory
Aboriginal and Pacific Art, Sydney
Private collection, Melbourne

Timothy Cook and Kay Lindjuwanga, Aboriginal and Pacific Art at Melbourne Art Fair, Melbourne, 2 – 6 August 2006

This work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Maningrida Arts and Culture, Northern Territory, which states:

‘This work by the artist concerns a major patrimoiety ceremony of a secret and sacred nature called ‘Mardayin’. Much of the meaning of the iconography in the painting is not in the domain of public knowledge and so it cannot be explained in detail here.

The painting refers to a site, Kakodbebuldi, which is an outstation in Dangkorlo clan estate in the Mann River region. Kakodbebuldi is a Mardayin ceremony performance site and is located on a large billabong covered in waterlilies. This place is about 50 km south of Maningrida in Central North Arnhem Land.’