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SHIRLEY PURUNTATAMERI - PUPUNI JILAMARA

SHIRLEY PURUNTATAMERI - PUPUNI JILAMARA

SKU: 20740

SHIRLEY PURUNTATAMERI

PUPUNI JILAMARA,  2023
142 x 20 cm
Natural Earth Pigments on Bark

 

REGION

Tiwi Islands, NT

 

PROVENANCE

 

STORY
During ceremony on the Tiwi Islands a series of ‘yoi’ (dances), are performed; some are totemic (inherited from the person's Mother) and some serve to act out the narrative of newly composed songs. Participants in these ceremonies are painted with turtiyanginari (the different natural ochre colours) in varying designs, transforming the dancers and, in some cases, providing protection against recognition by mapurtiti (spirits). These designs can be applied in different ways, one of which is using the finger, or in this case a brush. Painting of the face also occurs. These significant artistic designs collectively are called ‘Jilamara’.

 

 

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    AU$3,000.00Price

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