Jurrukukuni (Boobook Owl)

Jurrukukuni (Boobook Owl) - Ironwood Carving - Patrick Freddy Puruntatameri

Jurrukukuni (Boobook Owl)

In stock

$632.50

In stock

Artist

Patrick Freddy Puruntatameri

Catalogue No.

310-25

Category

Ironwood Carving

Size

33cm, locally sourced ochre on ironwood

Medium

Locally sourced earth pigments on ironwood

Jurrukukuni is the owl who acted as messenger for the Tiwi lovers Wai-ai and Japarra, 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.

Dimensions: 33cm, locally sourced ochre on ironwood