- Title: Yerrdagarri – Message Stick
- Artist: Regina Pilawuk Wilson
- Region: Darwin Daly
- Art Centre: Durrmu Arts
- Medium: Silkscreen
- Collection:
- Dimensions: 42 x 60 cm
- Edition Size: 30
- Price ($AUD): $ 915
Artwork Story
Ngani Pek Che Durrmu – Our Group of Artists working together
Late in 2017 the artists of Durrmu Arts at Peppimenarti in the Northern Territory collaborated with Jocelyn Tribe and Basil Hall to create this magnificent series of silkscreen prints.
Established artists such as Regina Wilson and Kathleen Korda, lead a small group of emerging artists through the process of printmaking and the exploration of tradition patterns, designs and basket stitch techniques.
This painting depicts Yerrdagarri (Message Sticks) – a traditional form of communication, used until the middle of last century, between communities and clans in the Daly River/Peppimenarti region. Regina remembers young men from far-flung country arriving at Daly River with message sticks to announce ceremonies, funerals and war when she was a child. Regina paints these message sticks to communicate the traditional ways of her people to make sure they’re remembered by her grandchildren.