Hollow log burial pole – (Yanggarriny Wunungmurra) ◄ Previous Next ►

Artist: Yanggarriny Wunungmurra

Museum: Museum - Art Gallery of the Northern Territory (Magnt)

Technique: Pigment

The larrakitj, hollow log, was traditionally used in north-east Arnhem Land to house the bones of a deceased person as part of secondary burial after the body was exposed on a raised platform. Since the influence of Christianity, people here are buried in coffins. The miny