Lot 152
MASSIVE TIWI PUKAMANI POLE TUTINI Tiwi Group, Melville and Bathurst Islands, Northern Territory. Carved and engraved hardwood and natural pigments. The Pukumani ceremony takes place two to six months after the burial and can last for a few days. Dancers circle around and through the formation of the tutini and to mark the end of the ceremony, Tunga, or painted bark baskets, are placed on top of the posts. The burial Pukumani poles are gifts to please the spirits of the dead. They are placed around the grave and left to decay.
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Provenance:
- Executed on Bathurst or Melville Islands, Northern Territory John Magers Collection, Sydney Dimensions:
- Approx L260 x 28cm. Exhibited:
- 919 Literature:
- Decorative Art Medium:
- Ethnographic & Indigenous Artifacts Circa:
- Australiana
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