Narmarrkon

Namarrkon is the Lightning Spirit that lives above the clouds and is associated with the intense electrical storms of kunemeleng, the pre-wet season between October and December. The Spirit is typically illustrated in the rock art and bark paintings of the region with a circuit of lightning encircling its body. Kulbburru, the stone axes protruding from his arms, legs and lower torso are hurled by Namarrkon when marriage taboos or other aspects of tribal law are broken striking the perpetrators of wrongdoing in the form of lightning and causing the sound of thunder that accompany the tropical storms of the region.

Code: PN005
Artist: Peter Nabarlambarl
Dimensions: 65 x 49cm
Medium: etching

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