Aboriginal Painting 'Kuluma in Tiwi Islands' by Nina Puruntatameri (1971-)

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Aboriginal Painting 'Kuluma in Tiwi Islands' by Nina Puruntatameri (1971-)

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This exceptional painting by Nina Puruntatameri represents the ancestral motifs of a fertility rite called Kulama in the Tiwi Islands. According to the tradition, the Kulama ceremony is performed in the late wet season (March-April) when a ring appears around the moon. More specifically, 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. Nina Puruntatameri was born in 1971 and grew up in Paru on Melville Island, the larger of the Tiwi Islands. She lives and works at Pirlangimpi, Melville Island where she is a longtime member of Munupi Arts & Crafts Association. Puruntatameri was taught to paint by her father Romuald Puruntatameri, a celebrated Tiwi artist and senior culture man. Primarily a painter, Nina Puruntatameri also works across a range of other mediums including batik, tunga (bark), stoneware/ceramics and printmaking. She has been painting since the early 1990s, and her works are already featured in major museums and collections. She is also a recipient of numerous important awards in the domain of art. Collections: Brian Tucker Collection (Private Collection) The Museum of Cultural History, University of Oslo, Norway Artbank Private Collections Macquarie Bank Colleciton National Gallery of Victoria, VIC LaTrobe University Art Collection, VIC Levi-Kaplan Collection, Seattle, USA Kerave Art Museum, Helsinki & Rovanelli Art Museum, Lapland,Finland Museum fur Volkerkunde, Germany Batchelor College, NT National Australian Maritime Museum, Sydney, NSW Gifu Museum, Japan Flinders University, Adelaide, SA Australian Embassy, Paris Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney Awards 2013 Preselected in the NATSIAA Awards - Darwin NT 2013 The Wandjuk Marika Memorial Award, National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Awards 2008 Togart Awards – Darwin NT 2008 Preselected in the NATSIAA Awards - Darwin NT 2007 Preselected in the NATSIAA Awards - Darwin NT 1995 National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Art Awards. Museum & Art Galleries of Northern Territory. Selection of the Best, Nemarluk Exhibition,Darwin, NT

Dimensions:
Height: 31.5 in (80 cm)Width: 47.25 in (120 cm)Depth: 0.95 in (2.4 cm)
Style:
Tribal (In the Style Of)
Materials and Techniques:
Acrylic,Hand-Painted
Place of Origin:
Australia
Period:
21st Century
Date of Manufacture:
2000s-2010s
Condition:
Seller Location:
NICE, FR
Reference Number:
1stDibs: LU9202236994612