Kulama
Etching & chine collé 25 x 20 cm Numbered 24/50 $300 This etching depicts the Kulama ceremony of the Tiwi people. The Kulama is held at the end of the wet season and is a celebration of the year past. Dancers and singers create a circle, sing new songs and prepare the poisonous kulama (sweet yam) for eating. The Kulama ceremony is traditionally associated with initiation rites for Tiwi boys and girls. Reppie (Reparata) Orsto was born on January 31, 1959, at Nguiu on Bathurst Island. Her mother's country is Wangurruwu (Marluwu), Bathurst Island and her father's country is Munupi on Melville Island. Her clan is Yikikini (White Cockatoo) and her principal Dreaming is Jarrikarlani (Turtle). Reppie has worked at Munupi Arts and Crafts since its inception in 1985. Starting out as a fabric artist, with design commissions including the Territoriana label in Darwin, Reppie has since worked in a variety of media including paintings (acrylic, gouache) and printmaking. In 1990 she participated in Munupi's first printmaking workshop in Canberra and she has represented the community nationally and internationally, including at the 'Epam Epam' exhibition of Aboriginal art for Canada's 1994 Commonwealth Games. She is represented in collections at the Australian National Gallery, Australian National Martime Museum, Museum and Art Gallery of the NT, and Parliament House, Canberra, among others.
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