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Artist: Pedro Wonaeamirri | Title: Pwoja-Pukumani Body Paint Design | Year: 2022 | Medium: locally sourced natural ochres on stringybark | Dimensions: 79 x 17 cm

$3,000.00

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Jilamara Art & Crafts Association, NT Cat No. 170-22

ARTWORK STORY
Traditional Tiwi Culture placed special significance on the Pukumani (funeral) ceremony. Mourners are decorated using natural ochres to disguise themselves from the spirit of the deceased and song and dance is performed to honour the dead. Yirrinkiripwoja (bodypaint) is the source of many contemporary Tiwi designs and performance of the pukumani as ritual helps to reinvigorate the imagery. The shortening of the word to Pwoja - also refers to 'best'.

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PROVENANCE
Jilamara Art & Crafts Association, NT Cat No. 170-22

ARTWORK STORY
Traditional Tiwi Culture placed special significance on the Pukumani (funeral) ceremony. Mourners are decorated using natural ochres to disguise themselves from the spirit of the deceased and song and dance is performed to honour the dead. Yirrinkiripwoja (bodypaint) is the source of many contemporary Tiwi designs and performance of the pukumani as ritual helps to reinvigorate the imagery. The shortening of the word to Pwoja - also refers to 'best'.