Pukumani memorial poles, Melville Island, Tiwi Islands, Northern Territory, October 1948, 1 [picture] / Axel Poignant
- Bib ID:
- 4774633
- Format:
- Picture
- Author:
- Poignant, Axel, 1906-1986
- Online Access:
- National Library of Australia digitised item. PIC/14211/3 LOC Online access
- Printer:
- (2010 printing)
- Description:
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- 1948
- 1 photograph : digital, TIFF file, col.
- Series:
- Poignant, Axel, 1906-1986 Pukumani, Melville Island, Tiwi Islands, Northern Territory, October 1948
- Technical Details:
- Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
- Notes:
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- Title from acquisitions documentation.
- Acquired in digital format; access copy available online.
- The Tiwi people of Melville Island honour the dead through burial ceremonies known as Pukumani. These ceremonies occur approximately 6 months after the deceased has been buried and include singing, dancing and the erection of carved and painted poles known in the local language as tutini. --Information from reference source.
- This digital copy has been colour corrected from the original transparency, under the supervision of Roslyn Poignant.
- Also available as a transparency: PIC/14211/11 LOC Cold store PIC POI
- Source of Acquisition:
- Donated by Roslyn Poignant, 2010.
- Subject:
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- Funeral rites and ceremonies -- Northern Territory -- Melville Island -- Photographs
- Tiwi (Australian people) -- Northern Territory -- Melville Island -- Photographs
- Baskets, Aboriginal Australian -- Photographs
- Aboriginal Australians -- Northern Territory -- Melville Island -- Photographs
- Melville Island (N.T.) -- Photographs
- Other authors/contributors:
- Poignant, Axel, 1906-1986
- Terms of Use:
- Copyright restrictions may apply.
- Related Records:
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This belongs to the Pukumani, Melville Island, Tiwi Islands, Northern Territory, October 1948.
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- Reason for copyright status:
- Since 1973
Copyright status was determined using the following information:
- Material type:
- Photograph
- Published status:
- Unpublished
- Creation date:
- 2010
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