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Click to enlargeb. 1945
- Region
- Arnhem Land
- Community
- Maningrida
- Language group
- Burarra
Bone Pole Story (Dharlubu), 1985
natural earth pigments on eucalyptus bark
89 x 54 cm
$2,500
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- Provenance
- Maningrida Arts & Culture, Maningrida, NT, Cat No. PAS1 Lawsons, Sydney, September, 1987 The Collection of Milton and Alma Roxanas, Sydney Bonhams Auctioneers, The Roxanas Collection 2014, Lot 62
- Artwork story
- The top left panel shows the platform where the body is left to decompose after death. The hole where the bones will be deposited after the ceremony is represented by the black circle. After the bones are cleaned and painted they are placed in the bone pole. The background shows the animals that were important to the person when they were living. Dharlubu is the entire process of ceremony and preparation of the body.