Lorikon

Date1995

Maker Jimmy Angunguna Blyth River, Central Arnhemland, Australian Aboriginal, born 1935

Label TextSpirit figures that perform a burial ceremony are joined by Wandering Whistling Ducks and goanna or monitor lizards on this log. Plants and leaves indicate a shade house made from eucalyptus that was a shelter during the ceremony.

Object number2005.152

Provenance[Maningrida Arts & Culture, Darwin, Australia]; Margaret Levi and Robert Kaplan, Seattle, Washington, 1994

Photo CreditPhoto by Paul Macapia

Exhibition HistorySeattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, Sorry Business, July 30, 2001 - January 2, 2006Published ReferencesSeattle Art Museum: Bridging Cultures, London: Scala Publishers Ltd. for the Seattle Art Museum, 2007, p. 36, illus. p. 37 Ishikawa, Chiyo, ed., A Community of Collectors: 75th Anniversary Gifts to the Seattle Art Museum, Seattle: Seattle Art Museum, 2007, illus. p. 86

Credit LineGift of Margaret Levi and Robert Kaplan, in honor of the 75th Anniversary of the Seattle Art Museum

DimensionsHeight: 64 1/4 in. (163.2cm) Diameter: 7 5/8 in. (19.4cm)

MediumNatural ochres and PVC fixative on hollow log