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Title: Pwoja
Artist: Kaye Brown
Region: Tiwi Islands
Art Centre: Jilamara Arts and Crafts
Medium: Collagraph
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Dimensions: 58 x 41.5 cm
Edition Size: 30
Price ($AUD): $ 580

Artwork Story

Traditional Tiwi Culture placed special significance on the Pukumani (funeral) ceremony. Mourners are decorated using natural ochres to disguise themselves from the spirit of the deceased and song and dance is performed to honour the dead. Yirrinkiripwoja (bodypaint) is the source of many contemporary Tiwi designs and performance of the Pukumani as ritual helps to reinvigorate the imagery. The shortening of the word to Pwoja – also refers to ‘ best’.

Limited edition collagraph and silkscreen on Hahnemuhle paper. Made in November 2022 during a print workshop at Jilamara with Masterprinter Basil Hall.

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