Pukumani dancers in ceremony, Melville Island, Tiwi Islands, Northern Territory, October 1948, 2 [transparency] / Axel Poignant
- Bib ID:
- 4775714
- Format:
- Picture
- Author:
- Poignant, Axel, 1906-1986
- Online Version:
- National Library of Australia digitised item
- Description:
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- 1948
- 1 transparency : col. ; 10 x 12.5 cm.
- Series:
- Poignant, Axel, 1906-1986 Pukumani, Melville Island, Tiwi Islands, Northern Territory, October 1948
- Notes:
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- Title from acquisitions documentation.
- Part of the collection: Pukumani, Melville Island, Tiwi Islands, Northern Territory, October 1948.
- 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.
- Also available online http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-151241330
- Source of Acquisition:
- Donated by Roslyn Poignant, 2010.
- Subject:
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This belongs to the Pukumani, Melville Island, Tiwi Islands, Northern Territory, October 1948.
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- Created/Published Date is Before 1955
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- Photograph
- Published status:
- Unpublished
- Creation date:
- 1948
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