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Danny Djorlom Luma Luma 2001
Natural ochres on Arches paper 760 x 1020mm SOLD
Luma Luma was an ancestral giant, the creator of the Mardayin ceremony, who travelled through Kunwinjku
country carrying sacred objects; three dilly bags, two yams and a lorrkon (hollow log coffin). As he journeyed he
stole women and devoured them. Angercd by Luma Luma's actions, the people decided to kill him, so they lured
him into an ambush and speared him. He pleaded to be spared until he had disclosed full knowledge of the Mardayin
ceremony, body designs, dances and sacred songs. He then sped across land and water to a bush shelter where he
stayed with two women. Men of both the Yirrritja and Duwa moieties pursued him in boats. He was killed while he
was sleeping on an island called Kurripa, near Goulburn Island.