6. Pupuni Jilamara
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.
- Ochre on Canvas, stretched
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120cm x 80cm
- Cat 23-91
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. Ochre is applied to the body and face. These significant artistic designs collectively are called 'Jilamara'.
Lucinda Puruntatameri was born in Darwin in 1995 and grew up in Pirlangimpi where she went to the local Primary School. Lucinda went to boarding school in Toowoomba- Downlands College before coming back to the islands, she has one son. Her father's Country is Rangini, Melville Island and her Dreaming is Kirilima (Jungle Fowl).
Munupi Art is wholly indigenous owned and governed. Generated income supports the artist's families and therefore the whole Tiwi community.
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