Atuwati amintiya ratuwati - Island to island
Recent works from Milikapiti, Melville Island, Tiwi Islands
11 AM 4390/06
Linus Warlapinni Jilamara, Milikapiti Melville Island 2006
Natural Ochre on Linen/Canvas 400 x 220mm SOLD
All jilamara (design) is originally drawn from the body painting which accompanied the pukumani (funeral) and
kulama (initiation/yam) All the artists living at Milikapiti are drawing on collective Tiwi memory, and the
individual expression and aesthetic qualities of each artist’s work is reflective of their personal interpretation of
traditional Tiwi design or jilamara.
  
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