Jilamara
Date2006
Maker
Janice Murray
Australian, born 1966
Label TextArtist Janice Murray: "Jilamara is a Tiwi word that means 'design' or 'pattern.' This is a pattern from the Pukumani burial ceremonies the Tiwi have performed ever since the ancestor Purukuparli died millennia ago, and the first burial ritual took place. Janice's traditional country at Tinganu (Impinari) is where these ancestral events occurred: Purukuparli's footprint is still there."
Object number2007.81.5
Photo CreditPhoto: Elizabeth Mann
Credit LineGift of the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands
DimensionsImage: 15 3/4 x 21 1/4 in. (40 x 54 cm)
Sheet: 22 1/16 x 29 15/16 in. (56 x 76 cm)
MediumHard-ground etching and aquatint printed in three colors printed from two copper plates
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