This is the story of the diving bird ‘Gorroporra’. Gorroporra is an important sea bird from the Gamurra- Guyurra country. The imagery of this bird is painted on the men’s chests for dancing during ceremonies and funerals. Other imagery in this painting depict jamandarr, lotus lily tuber and gaparlma, a fresh water weed. The language spoken in this region is Burarra.
Name: Chubasco Pascoe
Language: Burarra
Community: Maningrida
Biography:
Burarra artist Chubasco Pascoe was born in Mewirnba and lives and works in Maningrida community in the Northern Territory. He is of Duwa moiety. His mother's country is at Gamurra Gu-yurra.
His bark paintings often depict local animals and plants such as yams, buttlerfly vines, goannas or blanket lizards. He also paints images of ceremonial objects such as morning star poles.
His work is distinctive for its graphic, pared-back style. It was featured in Maningrida Arts & Culture's stand at Tarnanthi in Adelaide in 2019.
Most recently, under the tutelage of his brother Jeremiah Bonson, Chubasco has begun depicting Warraburburn spirits in their carved wooden form.
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Warraburnburn In Burarra and Gun-nartpa languages the figure represented in this artwork is generally known as a wangarra ‘ghost spirit’. For the Warrawarra clan ghost spirits have their own particular characteristics and their own name – Warraburnburn. The Warraburnburn Read more…