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'Tjurukukuni (Owl)'
26cm, locally sourced ochre on ironwood
$437
Tjurukukuni, the owl who acted as messenger for the Tiwi lovers Wai-ai and Taparra, guiding them to one another through the bush. It was following this act of infidelity that death came to the world and the Tiwi people.
Cat: 113-24