Artist Once Known
Tiwi Ceremonial Weapons - c.1950
58 x 7.5 x 3.5 cm
ochre on wood
Code #:19062
$1,200
LOCATION: Offsite Stockroom
Provenance
“Field collected – Dorothy Bennett c.1963 Tiwi Islands, NT
Lorna Mellor Collection, NSW”
Story
This flat tankuwu, on the far left is not a lethal weapon but is held aloft by a widow during Pukumani mortuary ceremonies in the Tiwi Islands.
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