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Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Hamish Karrkarrhba, Gungura (The Spiralling Wind)

Hamish Karrkarrhba

Gungura (The Spiralling Wind)
bark painting with ochre
87 x 69 cm
783820
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Hamish has painted gungura, the spiralling wind associated with several sites in the Kardbam clan. On one level, this painting can be interpreted as a depiction of the kinds of...
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Hamish has painted gungura, the spiralling wind associated with several sites in the Kardbam clan. On one level, this painting can be interpreted as a depiction of the kinds of mini-cyclones common during the wet season in Arnhem Land, where the artist lives. In this painting, gungura also relates specifically to a site called Bilwoyinj. At this site, two of the most important Kuninjku creation beings, a father and son known as Na-Korrkko are believed to have hunted and eaten a goanna. They left some of the goanna fat behind at the site, which turned into the rock that still stands there today. The word Bilwoyinj, which is the name of this site, also refers to the fat of the goanna. Bilwoyinj site is also a ceremonial ground for a ceremony called Yabbaduruwa, a major ceremony owned by the Yirridjdja patri-moiety. The Yabbaduruwa ceremony is primarily concerned with initiation, land ownership and promoting the cyclical regeneration of the human and natural worlds.
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