Facial and Body design. Pukamuni design associated with Bumerah (Lightning) and Maratji (Rainbow)
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Charles Pearcy Mountford
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Series AA228/3
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Facial and Body design. Pukamuni design associated with Bumerah (Lightning) and
Maratji (Rainbow)
Anthroplolgy acquisition A47117
Single male figure on green paper.
Body painted, "underpants" not.
Inscription on drawing:
IMURANI design for father son
KUTALINI
MIARINA PUKUR of dead man Pandanus
Vertical marks. Mane where lightning struck his ?
Yellow lines white
splinters lying on the ground
broken bark from facial red. Blood, sap of tree; blood wood.
Red forearms. Bark unharmed design Maraly
Strangler (Melville Islander man)
Creator: Charles Pearcy Mountford
Control: AA 228/3/6
Quantity:
1
Drawing
Formats: Mounted Works of Art, Drawings
Series:
AA228/3