Lorrkon, 2010, Robert Lanuarr

MaleAustralianCreated Post-20003-D (Sculpture)Purchased 2012Lorrkon
Written By Chloe Penn
 

Stringybark with ochre pigment, 72cm x 23cm x 22cm
Provenance: Maningrida Arts & Culture, Arnhem Land.

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.

Chloe Penn
Previous

Lorrkon, 2012, Annie Wurrkidj
Next

Untitled, Theresa Nowee