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Tiwi Skin Groups (tribes)

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Artist
Kevin (DK) Puruntatameri
Catalogue No.
158-25
Category
Size
60 x 60cm, locally sourced ochre on canvas
Medium
Locally sourced earth pigments on canvas

The Tiwi people are made up of four main tribes of which there are also subgroups: Sun, Stone, Fish and Pandanus. A person inherits their tribe from their mother’s side of the family, while they inherit their Country and totem from their father’s family. 

Dimensions: 60 x 60cm, locally sourced ochre on canvas

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