Deborah Wurrkidj

Wak Wak

,

2023

CAT
659-23
Earth pigments on Stringybark (Eucalyptus Tetradonta)
85
29
cm
Dimensions variable

Framed

950
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This painting depicts a sacred site at 'Kurrurldul', an outstation south of Maningrida.The 'rarrk', or abstract crosshatching, on this work represents the design for the crow totem ancestor called 'Djimarr' . Todaythis being exists in the form of a rock, which is permanently submerged at the bottom of Kurrurldul Creek. The 'Djimarr' rock inthe stream at Kurrurldul is said to move around and call out in a soft hooting tone at night. Both the stone itself and the areaaround it are considered sacred.The imagery represents the rock mentioned above at the bottom of Kurrurldul creek, which is the final transmutation of thedreaming ancestor 'Djimarr'. Finally, the pattern used here is also the crow design used in the sacred 'Mardayin' ceremony,which is a large regional patri-moiety ceremony now rarely conducted in central and eastern Arnhem Land.

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