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Pigment, Paint, Kōkōwai

Taoka Maori

D78.2493

Piece of kokowai

Pigment, Paint, Kōkōwai

Taoka Maori

D78.2494

Piece of kokowai

Pigment, Paint, Kōkōwai

Taoka Maori

D78.2495

Piece of kokowai

Pigment, Paint, Kōkōwai

Taoka Maori

D78.2496

Piece of kokowai

Pigment, Paint, Kōkōwai

Taoka Maori

D78.2497

Piece of kokowai

Paua, Kōkōwai

Taoka Maori

D2006.15

Paua shell containing ground kōkōwai (red ochre). Perforation drilled at one end.

Carving

World, Decorative Art

D2014.176

Tokwampini was the messenger in Pukumani mythology. He became a jabiru (native crane) but tokwampini is a common Tiwi name for birds., Patrick Freddy Puruntatameri is a Tiwi artist, born on Melville Island, north of Darwin. He is a printmaker and master carver, known to begin work on his ironwood sculptures with a chainsaw, before finishing them with hand tools and painted details., He said, “My father taught me everything about carving, how to use carving tools, what wood to use and what colours. He was the late great Murrunungumirri (Paddy Freddy)”

Haliotis iris

Taoka Maori

D27.750

Paua shell containing kokowai. Dirt covers the pigment. The edge of the shell shows come chipping.

Pigment, Paint, Kōkōwai

Taoka Maori

D2000.13A

Piece of kōkōwai (dark red ochre).

Pigment, Paint, Kōkōwai

Taoka Maori

D2000.13B

Piece of kōkōwai (dark red ochre).

Pigment, Paint, Kōkōwai

Taoka Maori

D2000.13C

Piece of kōkōwai (dark red ochre).

Pigment, Paint, Kōkōwai

Taoka Maori

D2000.13D

Piece of kōkōwai (dark red ochre).

Pigment, Paint, Kōkōwai

Taoka Maori

D2000.13E

Piece of kōkōwai (dark red ochre).

Pigment, Paint, Kōkōwai

Taoka Maori

D2000.13F

Piece of kōkōwai (dark red ochre).

Pigment, Paint, Kōkōwai

Taoka Maori

D2000.13G

Piece of kōkōwai (dark red ochre).

Pigment, Paint, Kōkōwai

Taoka Maori

D2000.13H

Piece of kōkōwai (dark red ochre).

Kōkōwai

Taoka Maori

D34.965

Piece of kōkōwai wrapped in three layers of kete and kelp. Kōkōwai rests on a bed of feathers and soft fibre and is imprinted with fibre remnants of inner kete. Kete is plaited in over-one, under-one twill, with narrow strands of unscraped plant material. Middle layer is a piece of rigid kelp. Outer layer is a larger, more complete woven piece of kete, curled at the edges and quite rigid, plaited around one edge.

Adze, Toki

Taoka Maori

D62.176

Complete roughout Cross-section is rectangular. Surface is flaked. Minor differentiation between butt and blade - Front reduced, back butt quite rounded Bevel unfinished, but heavy chipping shows start of bevel. Cutting edge unfinished.

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