Yolngu Shelter (State I)

$450.00

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Description

Yolngu people (traditional people from Arnhem Land) make shelter out of forked poles which suspend a living platform above the ground. Traditionally these shelters are covered with bark slabs, however, today canvas or tarpaulins are often strung up to give shelter from the rain. These shelters are to be found on outstations in the clan lands all over Arnhem land. Here a Yolngu family take shelter with their dog while the fire warms them. The goanna represents the food they will cook on the fire. The ever present mosquitoes that are so much a part of Yolngu life gather around them. The bugs are kept away by the smoke that rises into the shelter from the low fire underneath the hut.

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Additional information

Weight 1 kg
Dimensions 65 × 9 × 9 cm
Image Size

Artist

Andrew Margalulu

Medium

Lithograph

Paper Size

Paper

Published

Edition Size

49

Studio

Editions Tremblay NFP, Bungendore NSW

Printer

Theo Tremblay

Types

Prints

Region

Arnhem Land

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