4740P, 2015, Nonu Ganambarr
(front right with white stripe)
Lorrkon
Provenance: Buku-Larrnggay Mulka, Yirrkala.
Lorrkon or hollow log coffins are central to the funeral ceremony practiced by the Kuninjku people of Western Arnhem Land. 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.