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- Region
- Tiwi Islands
- Community
- Wurrumiyanga (Nguiu)
- Language group
- Tiwi
Pukamani Poles, 2012
natural earth pigments with binder on canvas board
23 x 30.5 cm
- Provenance
- Ngaruwanajirri, Bathurst Island, NT Cooee Aboriginal Art Gallery, NSW
- Exhibited
- Songlines: A Coo-ee Christmas 2012 Sydney, Cooee Aboriginal Art Gallery, NSW, December 2012
- Artwork story
- Design: Bush Plum (yellow and white dots) Pukamani poles represent individual people who have passed away and act as a mourning process that can continue after the deceased person has been buried.