natural earth pigments on bark79 x 34 cmARTWORK DETAILSNamarrkon is the Lightning Spirit that lives above the clouds and is associated with the intense electrical storms of kunemeleng, the pre-wet season between October and December. The Spirit is typically illustrated in the rock art and bark paintings of the region with a circuit of lightning encircling its body.Kulbburru, the stone axes protruding from his arms, legs and lower torso are hurled by Namarrkon when marriage taboos or other aspects of tribal law are broken striking the perpetrators of wrongdoing in the form of lightning and causing the sound of thunder that accompanies the tropical storms of the region.PROVENANCEPurchased in Darwin, 1988 Private Collection, NSWCooee Art NSW Cat No. 11995Private Collection, NSW