Artist: Artist Once Known | Title: Tiwi Ceremonial Two-Pronged Club | Year: c. 1960s | Medium: natural earth pigments on carved wood | Dimensions: 86 cm
PROVENANCE
Tiwi Islands, NT
Private Collection NSW
ARTWORK STORY
This Tiwi Ceremonial Two-Pronged Club is a special form of elaborately carved and painted spars used in ceremonial display rather than as functional weapons or implements.
This ceremonial work is used both in the pukamani-mortuary ceremony and the Kularma -sacred yam increase and young men’s initiation.
The ochre designs are called Jilamara. Part of the Jialamara are the minga which are rows of painted lines and dots applied to ceremonial regalia and these are painted with a pwata-wooden comb.
The ochre paints are red: Yaringa; yellow: arikuningah; white: titiyangini; and black: tuniwini.
PROVENANCE
Tiwi Islands, NT
Private Collection NSW
ARTWORK STORY
This Tiwi Ceremonial Two-Pronged Club is a special form of elaborately carved and painted spars used in ceremonial display rather than as functional weapons or implements.
This ceremonial work is used both in the pukamani-mortuary ceremony and the Kularma -sacred yam increase and young men’s initiation.
The ochre designs are called Jilamara. Part of the Jialamara are the minga which are rows of painted lines and dots applied to ceremonial regalia and these are painted with a pwata-wooden comb.
The ochre paints are red: Yaringa; yellow: arikuningah; white: titiyangini; and black: tuniwini.