Pukumani Pole (Tutini)
Artist:
Bede Tungatalum
(Indigenous Australian, born 1952)
Place made:Australia
General region:Oceania
Date: 2006
Dimensions:
h. 58 1/4 in. (148 cm); w. 7 in. (17.8 cm)
Credit Line: San Antonio Museum of Art, gift of the Lam Family
Object number: 2016.14.33
Copyright: © Bede Tungatalum
Provenance: Sold through Tiwi Design, Bathurst Island, to May Lam and Dr. Dorothy Lam; May Lam and Dr. Dorothy Lam, by gift to San Antonio Museum of Art, 2016
Label Text
As evidenced by a number of the two- and three-dimensional works in this gallery, the Pukumani pole plays a substantial role in honoring the deceased, both during and after the execution of the Pukumani mortuary ceremony. Bede Tungutalum, who is also a printmaker, learned how to carve from his father. Over the course of his career, Tungutalum has made a concerted effort to pass on traditional ceremonial practices and carving methods.
(Exhibition label, 2017)
(Exhibition label, 2017)
Not on view
In Collection(s)
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