Patrick Freddy Puruntatameri Jarman

Tjurukukuni (Owl)

2023

CAT
Jilamara 423-23
locally sourced ochre on ironwood
10
24
10
10
cm
Dimensions variable

Framed

535
Or
for set of
On hold
SOLD
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Price on request

Tjurukukuni, the owl who acted as messenger for the Tiwi lovers Wai-ai and Taparra, guiding them to one another through the bush. It was following this act of infidelity that death came to the world and the Tiwi people.

Tjurukukuni (Owl) (Jilamara 423-23)