Skip to content

Purukapali, Wai-ai & Jinani

In stock

$575.00

In stock

Artist
Jimmy Mungatopi
Catalogue No.
26-21
Category
Size
90 x 70 cm, natural ochre on canvas

Wai-ai (Bima) was the wife of Purukaparli. While gathering bush tucker Wai-ai was enticed into the trees to make love with her brother-in-law, Taparra. She left her baby son Jinani in the shade, but was away for so long that he perished from heatstroke. Her husband, enraged and devastated, fought Taparra, who flew away and became the moon. Wai-ai became the curlew bird, forever crying out her grief in the dusk. Purukaparli, was the first Tiwi to perform the pukumani (funeral) ceremony (for his deceased son.)

Other Artwork by
Jimmy Mungatopi

$345.00

Minga

263-17-5/20
$345.00
$402.50

Jinani

410-24
$575.00
Previous
Next