Artiste : Miriam Stassi

Titre de l'œuvre : Pupuni Jilamara

Pigments naturels sur toile de lin

Format : 120 x 40 cm

Provenance et certificat : centre d'art aborigène de Munupi (Tiwi Island)

Référence de la peinture : 19-418

© Photo : Aboriginal signature with the courtesy of the artist & Munupi Art centre (Tiwi Island)

Explications sur cette œuvre :

Pupuni JilamaraDuring ceremony on the Tiwi Islands a series of ‘yoi’ (dances), are performed; some are totemic (inherited from the person's Mother) and some serve to act out the narrative of newly composed songs. Participants in these ceremonies are painted with turtiyanginari (the different natural ochre colours) in varying designs, transforming the dancers and, in some cases, providing protection against recognition by mapurtiti (spirits). These designs can be applied in different ways, one of which is using the finger, or in this case a brush. Painting of the face also occurs. These significant artistic designs collectively are called ‘Jilamara’.

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