29 Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award

Namorroddo

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Namorroddo

Gamanydjan subsection, Dhuwa moiety, Rembarrnga language, Maningrida NT homeland/residence

Jack Nawilil

Paperbark, bush string, natural pigments, beeswax, feathers 185 x 8 x 8 cm

‘This one is Namorroddo, from Gapuwiyak, this side and other side. Him been travelling long time in a dream from Gapuwiyak to Ramingining looking for honey. Ramingining, he pass him to my country and land there at Bolkdjam. Him proper danger Namorroddo for night time he be troubling.’

(Maningrida Arts and Culture)

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