DJANG : Ivan Namirrkki, Paul Nabulumo Namarinjmak & Obed Namirrkki
Past exhibition
Ivan Namirrkki Australian, Kuninjku, b. 1961
Kinga (Crocodile), 2024
pigment on bark
114 x 38 cm
119-24
This is a painting of kinga, also known as namanjwarre, the saltwater crocodile (crocodylus porosus). These animals are totems for people of Yirrididia moiety, one of the two patrimoieties of...
This is a painting of kinga, also known as namanjwarre, the saltwater crocodile (crocodylus porosus). These animals are totems for people of Yirrididia moiety, one of the two patrimoieties of Arnhem Land aboriginal cultures. Crocodiles are rarely killed for food but their eggs are keenly sought after during the wet season when the females are nesting.
A major crocodile sacred site exists near the outstation of Kurrindin, in the Liverpool River district.
A major crocodile sacred site exists near the outstation of Kurrindin, in the Liverpool River district.