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Home of the creators of ‘Larrakitj’ and ‘Lorrkon’ (Hollow Log Sculptures – naming and individual description dependent on each community language group)

Sourced from from the National Gallery of Victoria archive, James Davidson states:Mathaman’s people refer to themselves as the Yulgnor (The People) and there are no tribes as such in Arnhem Land. The social structure consists of two moieties: the Dhuwa…

Across Kimberley, Arnhem Land and Central Australia since 1993

Ranging in height from 3005 to 2180 mm these Hollow Logs are known as Lorrkon in the Maningrida area of Central North Arnhem Land and Larrakitj to the Yolngu speaking people of North East Arnhem Land.  Stringy-bark trees, hollowed out by…

Maningrida Arts & Culture Art Centre states: ‘Mayali and Rembarrnga artist Kamarrang Jack Nawilil is a senior member of the Balngarra clan, who lives and works at Bolkjdam, an outstation located near Maningrida community in central Arnhem Land. A song man…

Please see below for full image and details of this stringy-bark wooden sculpture painted in natural ochres

The lorrkon, hollow log ,is made from termite hollowed Stringy-bark tree (Eucalyptus tetadonta) and is decorated with totemic emblems, in this case Saratoga fish. Hollow Logs are known as Lorrkon in the Maningrida area of Central North Arnhem Land and…

Aboriginal Australian memorial poles – known as larrakitj – are hollow coffins created to hold the bones of the dead in secondary burial. Placed in groups on significant sites and painted with clan symbols, they are left to deteriorate with…