Artist: Marie Claire Puruntatameri | Title: Kulama | Year: 2022 | Medium: ochre on canvas | Dimensions: 30 x 30 cm
PROVENANCE
Jilamara Arts and Crafts Association, NT Cat No. 87-22
Accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Jilamara Arts and Crafts.
ARTWORK STORY
The Kulama Ceremony is performed in the late wet season (March-April) when a ring appears around the moon. Kulama is a traditional initiation for young men which coincides with the harvest of a certain wild yam species. Elders of both sexes sing and dance for three days welcoming the boys into adulthood. The boy is then renamed with his true man's name.
Artist Profile
COMMUNITY/REGION
Tiwi Islands, NT
LANGUAGE
Tiwi
SKIN
Wantaringuwi (Sun)
DANCE
Yirrikapayi (Crocodile)
PROVENANCE
Jilamara Arts and Crafts Association, NT Cat No. 87-22
Accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Jilamara Arts and Crafts.
ARTWORK STORY
The Kulama Ceremony is performed in the late wet season (March-April) when a ring appears around the moon. Kulama is a traditional initiation for young men which coincides with the harvest of a certain wild yam species. Elders of both sexes sing and dance for three days welcoming the boys into adulthood. The boy is then renamed with his true man's name.
Artist Profile
COMMUNITY/REGION
Tiwi Islands, NT
LANGUAGE
Tiwi
SKIN
Wantaringuwi (Sun)
DANCE
Yirrikapayi (Crocodile)