Lorrkon (Bone Pole Coffin-Hollow Log) (Larrakitj)
Certificate: Gubargu (Kubarkku)-Lorrikun
Balang (Mick) Kubarkku (sometimes spelled Gubargu or Ubargu)
Lived circa 1922-2008 (Born at Kukabarnka)
Language group: Kunwinjku (Gunwinggu or Gunwinjgu)
“Kubarkku was born into a world that had minimal contact with non–Indigenous people and culture, when the only white people who travelled to largely inaccessible Arnhem Land were traders, anthropologists and later missionaries.” -Brenda L Croft, Senior Curator, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art
Kubarkku was the cultural custodian (djungkay) of specific totemic animals and spirit beings. The lorrkon in this collection includes two images of freshwater turtles and one of Namarrkon, the Lightning Spirit. Namarrkon causes the lightning and thunder that accompany tropical storms that occur in his homeland between October and December, before the start of tropical monsoon season each summer. The body form of Namarrkon is said to represent ngaldjurr the Leichhardt’s Grasshopper (Petasida ephippigera), which is active and most visible during this time of year.
WORK IN THIS COLLECTION:
Lorrkon (Bone Pole Coffin-Hollow Log) painted by Kubarkku at Gubumi on the Mann, Western Arnhem Land in December 1983.
Certificate bearing artist’s name and language group signed by Simon Kyle Little, Maningrida Arts & Crafts
This lorrkon includes two images of freshwater turtles and one of Namarrkon, the Lightning Spirit. Namarrkon causes the lightning and thunder that accompany tropical storms. The body form of Namarrkon is said to represent ngaldjurr the Leichhardt’s Grasshopper (Petasida ephippigera), which is active and most visible during this time of year.
Mick Kubarkku (Gubargu): LORRKON (LORRIKUN)
Mick Kubarkku | Creative Cowboy Films-discusses his children
Mick Kubarkku painted on wet-weather shelters constructed from large sheets of stringybark attached to a structure of wood saplings. His teachers were rock painters. He had a distinct style using dotted infill (different from fine parallel line work used by artists farther to the west.) He also used complex cross hatched body designs (Rarrk).
In the 1980s, Kubarkku produced abstracted maps of his country-Rainbow Serpent and their waterholes->John Mawurndjul
Mick Gubargu bark paintings | Aboriginal Bark Art
Mick Kubaku. 1925-2008 Australia (Aboriginal)-short necked freshwater tortoise
Bone Pole Coffin (Hollow Log) – Lorrkon
Ngalyod Rainbow Snakes at Gubumi on the Mann – Google Arts & Culture
Mick Gubargu (born.c.1925) | Namanguwari- Crocodile | Christie’s
Mick Gubargu bark paintings | Aboriginal Bark Art
Namanguwari-Crocodile by Mick Gubargu on artnet
Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander art
NMA ATSIAA Collection – Namanjwarre (Estuarine Crocodile)
AIAM100.com – Australian Indigenous Art Market 100 – Compiled by Adrian Newstead
Mick Kubarkku | Creative Cowboy Films
kubarkku mimih spirit from yikarrakkal | | sotheby’s l16321lot95p5zen
kubarkku namorroddo spirit | | sotheby’s l16321lot95p5xen
kubarkku mimih spirit from yikarrakkal | | sotheby’s l16321lot95p5yen
http://www.aaia.com.au/artists/kubarkku.htm
Children of Mick Kubarkku: Marina Murdilnga, Dick Nadjalorro, Ken Ngindjalakku, Paul Nabulumo Namarinjmak, Kennedy Yiddunu
Marina Murdilnga-daughter of Kubarkku
Dick Nadjalorro-son of Kubarkku
Ken Ngindjalakku-son of Kubarkku
Paul Nabulumo Namarinjmak-son of Kubarkku
Kennedy Yiddunu-son of Kubarkku
KUBARKKU , Balang (Mick) |Namorodo spirit
Culture, Ecology and Economy of Fire Management in North Australian Savannas … – Google Books
Mick Kubarkku BARK-rubylane.com Vintage begins here
https://www.creativecowboyfilms.com/blog_posts/the-art-and-the-dragonfly
KUBARKKU , Balang (Mick) |Namorul and his two brothers
COOEE ART GALLERY artists-profile
Mick Ubargu Bark Paintings | Aboriginal Bark Art
KUBARKKU , Balang (Mick) |Ngalyod Rainbow Snakes at Gubumi on the Mann
Culture, Ecology and Economy of Fire Management in North Australian Savannas … – Google Books
Mick Kubarkku-COOEE ART GALLERY
Australian Aboriginal Art 