SPOTLIGHT : WORKS ON PAPER: ARTWORKS FROM THE BUNGALOW
Current viewing_room
Nicholas Mario Australian, Tiwi, b. 1972
Jilamara
ochre on paper
56 x 76 cm
829940
All jilamara (design) are originally drawn from the body painting which accompanied the pukumani (funeral) and kulama (initiation/yam) ceremonies. An individual design and aesthetic is highly valued by Tiwi artists...
All jilamara (design) are originally drawn from the body painting which accompanied the pukumani (funeral) and kulama (initiation/yam) ceremonies. An individual design and aesthetic is highly valued by Tiwi artists and is representative of their personal interpretation of the traditional Tiwi design or jilamara. ART WORK IS FRAMED
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