Kulama, Pauletta Kerinaiua

$600

Artist: Pauletta Kerinaiua
Print size: 56(h) x 76(w)cm
Medium: Locally sourced ochres on paper

Price: $600 unframed
Authenticity certificate provided upon sale

Artwork may be acquired but must remain available through the Dec 22/Jan 23 Tiwi Ochres on Paper exhibition.

Description

Story

The Kulama Ceremony is performed in the late wet season (March-April) when a ring appears around the moon. Kulama is a traditional initiation for young men which coincides with the harvest of a certain wild yam species. Elders of both sexes sing and dance for three days welcoming the boys into adulthood. The boy is then renamed with his true man’s name.

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