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'Tiwi Skin Groups (tribes)'

90 x 70cm, locally sourced ochres on canvas

$575

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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. 

 

Cat: 332-23