DELORES TIPUAMANTUMIRRI / Banapa

Australian Indigenous (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) artwork by DELORES TIPUAMANTUMIRRI of Munupi Artists. The title is Banapa. [21-33] (Ochre on Linen)

Banapa
21-33
Ochre on Linen
Banapa | 21-33
Ochre on Linen
243 x 183cm | 95.67 x 72.05in

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Banapa is the Tiwi word for net. Throw nets are commonly and expertly used for fishing off the beach. The shapes and forms these fish nets create whilst being cast translate into wonderful pictorial patterns.

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Australian Indigenous (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) artwork by DELORES TIPUAMANTUMIRRI of Munupi Artists. The title is Pwoja Jilamara. [16-618] (Ochre on Linen)

Pwoja Jilamara
16-618
Ochre on Linen
Pwoja Jilamara | 16-618
Ochre on Linen
180 x 150cm | 70.87 x 59.06in

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During ceremony on the Tiwi Islands, a series of yoi (dances) are performed; some are totemic (inherited from the person’s Mother) and some serve to act out the narrative of newly composed songs.

Participants in these ceremonies are painted with turtiyanginari (the different natural ochre colours) in varying designs, transforming the dancers and, in some cases, providing protection against recognition by mapurtiti (spirits).

These designs can be applied in different ways, one of which is using the pwoja (or kayimwagakimi), a traditional Tiwi ‘comb’ carved with a single row of teeth on one or both ends, usually made using ironwood or bloodwood. After being dipped in ochre and applied to the body a straight row of dots is imprinted. Once completed, these dots are then collectively called yirrinkiripwoja (body painting). Painting of the face also occurs. These significant artistic designs collectively are called Jilamara.

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During ceremony on the Tiwi Islands, a series of yoi (dances) are performed; some are totemic (inherited from the person’s Mother) and some serve to act out the narrative of newly composed songs.

Participants in these ceremonies are painted with turtiyanginari (the different natural ochre colours) in varying designs, transforming the dancers and, in some cases, providing protection against recognition by mapurtiti (spirits).

These designs can be applied in different ways,... Read More

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Australian Indigenous (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) artwork by DELORES TIPUAMANTUMIRRI of Munupi Artists. The title is Banapa. [20-239] (Ochre on Linen)

Banapa
20-239
Ochre on Linen
Banapa | 20-239
Ochre on Linen
180 x 150cm | 70.87 x 59.06in

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Australian Indigenous (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) artwork by DELORES TIPUAMANTUMIRRI of Munupi Artists. The title is Banapa. [15-274] (Ochre on Linen)

Banapa
15-274
Ochre on Linen
Banapa | 15-274
Ochre on Linen
180 x 120cm | 70.87 x 47.24in

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Banapa is the Tiwi word for net. Throw nets are commonly and expertly used for fishing off the beach. The shapes and forms these fish nets create whilst being cast translate into wonderful pictorial patterns.