$880.00
This design depicts the Kulama ceremony of the Tiwi people: the dancers and singers create a circle and prepare the poisonous yam for eating, as indicated by the circles in the painting. It is a celebration of life and food, the Kulama occurs at the end of the wet season.
Catalog No | 10RAP376 |
Title | Kulama Design with Ceremonial Fighting Sticks |
Artist | REPPIE ANNE PAPAJUA (ORSTO) |
Size & Medium | 120 x 80 cm Ochre on Linen |
Category | Painting |
$1,232.00
Catalog No 12rep321 Artist REPPIE ANNE PAPAJUA (ORSTO) Size & Medium 150 x 80 cm Ochre on Canvas Category Painting Artist Profile
$836.00
Tokwampini is the Tiwi name for a bird. Commonly carved on Pukamani poles, it represents the ending of the creation story. Tokwampini is the father of Bima. Catalog No 16-393...
$1,170.40
Pwoja JilamaraDuring 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...