Aurukun Dog, Ku’, by Kenneth Bruce Wolmby Wik & Kugu Art Centre

Description

Aurukun Dog (Ku) timber carving. This smaller, rustic version with its square legs has a charming and adorable appeal.

Wik & Kugu Art Centre

• Artist: Kenneth Bruce Wolmby
• Title: Small Ku’ – (dog)
• Catalogue #:232-23
• Size/Medium: 43x35x8cm : Ochre on Wood

Ritual Sculpture collected from Aboriginal people in Cape York Peninsula has been recorded and collected as far back as
1888. The most significant early collection and recording of Aurukun sculpture was by Ursula McConnel, this collection now
sits with the South Australian Museum.
The support by the Presbyterian Mission for ritual activity, such as initiations helped maintain selected elements of the
language and cultural practices of the Wik and Kugu Region.
The introduction of a sawmill supported a transition to steel tools and new carpentry techniques which aided in the
development of more complex and sophisticated sculptures of which we see today being made by the Art Centre’s male
artists.
Over the past fifteen years, the Art Centre and its artists have developed a following for its signature sculptural the Ku’ (dog).
The Story Place of the Ku’ associated with the Apalech ceremonial group is located in the south of the Wik and Kugu region at
Eeremangk near the mouth of the Knox River.
This story links the land and the sea and is a tale of transformation where the Ku’ (Ancestral being or totem), who had travelled
Clan:

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