Previous Ceremonies of the Tiwi, Northern Territory
A man removes cloth strung between carved and painted "Pukumani poles"; these poles are commissioned by the family of the deceased and used to be placed around the grave. This Pukumani funerary ceremony took place in Pularumpi (Pirlingimpi), on Melville Island.
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Pukumani ceremony
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