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Click to enlargeb. 1983
- Region
- Tiwi Islands
- Community
- Pirlangimpi (Garden Point, Pularumpi)
- Language group
- Tiwi
Untitled, 2021
natural earth pigments on canvas
100 x 100cm
$6,000
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- Provenance
- Munupi Arts, Pirlangimpi, NT, Cat No. 21-514
- Artwork story
- This artwork has been painted using Kayimwagakimi, the traditional Tiwi painting 'comb'. Made from bloodwood or ironwood, it is about 15cm high with a single row of teeth. The comb is dabbed in ochre and applied to the painting surface resulting in a straight line of fine dots, a process which is repeated over and over. Kayimwagakimi and marlipinyini (a fine stick or pandanus frond chewed to form a brush) have largely been replaced by modern brushes but a handful of Tiwi still use traditional tools. This painting is about Pwonga, the spider woman gave us the designs of the web lines.