Artist: Christine Puruntatameri | Title: Untitled | Year: 2021 | Medium: ochres on canvas | Dimensions: 100 x 100cm
PROVENANCE
Munupi Arts & Crafts Association Cat No.21-514
ARTWORK STORY
This artwork has been painted using Kayimwagakimi, the traditional Tiwi painting 'comb'. Made from bloodwood or ironwood, it is about 15cm high with a single row of teeth. The comb is dabbed in ochre and applied to the painting surface resulting in a straight line of fine dots, a process which is repeated over and over. Kayimwagakimi and marlipinyini (a fine stick or pandanus frond chewed to form a brush) have largely been replaced by modern brushes but a handful of Tiwi still use traditional tools.
Artist Profile
COMMUNITY/REGION
Tiwi Islands, NT
LANGUAGE
Tiwi
BIOGRAPHY
Christine Puruntatameri was born in Darwin and grew up on Melville Island at Pirlangimpi. Her mother's country is around Alice Springs, NT, and her father's country is Rangini, Melville Island, NT. She belongs to the Arinkuwula (Stone) skin group and inherits the dance of the Kirilima (Jungle Fowl) Dreaming.
Christine is the granddaughter of the renowned Tiwi potter John Boscoe Tipiloura and the daughter of the esteemed potter Eddie Puruntatameri. She has three children of her own and paints at Munupi Arts Centre while her children attend school. She uses a traditional Tiwi pwoja (comb) to apply locally sourced ochres onto canvas.
REFERENCES
Munupi Arts & Crafts Association
PROVENANCE
Munupi Arts & Crafts Association Cat No.21-514
ARTWORK STORY
This artwork has been painted using Kayimwagakimi, the traditional Tiwi painting 'comb'. Made from bloodwood or ironwood, it is about 15cm high with a single row of teeth. The comb is dabbed in ochre and applied to the painting surface resulting in a straight line of fine dots, a process which is repeated over and over. Kayimwagakimi and marlipinyini (a fine stick or pandanus frond chewed to form a brush) have largely been replaced by modern brushes but a handful of Tiwi still use traditional tools.
Artist Profile
COMMUNITY/REGION
Tiwi Islands, NT
LANGUAGE
Tiwi
BIOGRAPHY
Christine Puruntatameri was born in Darwin and grew up on Melville Island at Pirlangimpi. Her mother's country is around Alice Springs, NT, and her father's country is Rangini, Melville Island, NT. She belongs to the Arinkuwula (Stone) skin group and inherits the dance of the Kirilima (Jungle Fowl) Dreaming.
Christine is the granddaughter of the renowned Tiwi potter John Boscoe Tipiloura and the daughter of the esteemed potter Eddie Puruntatameri. She has three children of her own and paints at Munupi Arts Centre while her children attend school. She uses a traditional Tiwi pwoja (comb) to apply locally sourced ochres onto canvas.
REFERENCES
Munupi Arts & Crafts Association