Yirrinkiri Jilamara

Date2006

Maker Pedro (Gurrumaiyuwa) Wonaeamirri Australian Aboriginal, Tiwi Islands, born 1974

Label TextArtist Pedro (Gurrumaiyuwa) Wonaemirri: "This is a design from our Pukumani burial ceremonies: it is the pattern we paint on tutini or grave posts. We have conducted these ceremonies for centuries, well before the Dutch first came to Melville Island 300 years ago. It is hard for us to imagine how far those first Dutch sailors had to travel to get here, but when they got here my people were already doing Pukumani."

Object number2007.81.10

Photo CreditPhoto: Elizabeth Mann

Credit LineGift of the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands

DimensionsImage: 23 5/8 x 17 11/16 in. (60 x 45 cm) Sheet: 29 15/16 x 22 1/16 in. (76 x 56 cm)

MediumLithograph in three colors, printed from three aluminium plates