Ivan Namirrki
Lorrkon, 2007
Natural earth pigments and synthetic binder on hollow log, 123cm
Provenance: Maningrida Arts and Culture, Northern Territory. Private collection, New South Wales. Deutscher and Hackett, Melbourne.
Lorrkon, 2011
Natural earth pigments and synthetic binder on hollow log
Provenance: Karen Brown Gallery, Darwin.
Lorrkon, 2011
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Natural earth pigments and synthetic binder on hollow log, 109cm x 11cm
Provenance: Maningrida Arts & Culture, Winnellie.
Ivan Namirrki was born in the Kakadu National Park at Mudgenberri Station, and is the son of Spider Namirrki who was an important senior artist in Kakadd. He has been painting since the 1990s and is well established as a significant artist.
From the authenticity certificate: 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 is decorated with painted clan designs and ceremonially placed into the ground where it remained until it slowly decay over many years. The log is made from a termite hollowed stringybark tree (Eucalyptus tetradonta) and is decorated with totemic emblems.