Luma Luma relates to the coming of sacred power, Mardayin, and the establishment of ritual practices and initiations, such as the Kunapipi, Wubarr, and eventually the Lorrkon burial ceremonies.
Luma Luma also introduced the ritual paraphernalia and the sacred clan patterns that are painted onto these objects and onto the torsos of the ceremonial participants, as well as onto sheets of bark today.
Name: Obed Namirrkki
Language: Kuninjku
Biography:
Obed is an emerging artist at Maningrida Arts and Culture. He has learnt to paint under the tutelage of his father, the acclaimed senior artist Ivan Namirrkki.
In 2023 he was runner up in the National Emerging Artist Prize, with his bark painting Wak Wak, 2023
In 2024 Obed entered the Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Awards (NATSIAA) for the first time for his Lorrkkon, Kunkurra. He was a finaliast and took home the Wandjuk Marika Memorial 3D Sculpture Award for the Lorrkkon.
Bawáliba ‘Bawáliba is the djang (Dreaming) of my mother and my uncles. They are good spirits, they protect us and they recognise families. They are really tall- just like human beings, like us. They dance Read more…
Bawáliba ‘Bawáliba is the djang (Dreaming) of my mother and my uncles. They are good spirits, they protect us and they recognise families. They are really tall- just like human beings, like us. They dance Read more…
Bawáliba ‘Bawáliba is the djang (Dreaming) of my mother and my uncles. They are good spirits, they protect us and they recognise families. They are really tall- just like human beings, like us. They dance Read more…