Previous Melville Island: the Tiwi Islands, NT
Detail of a carved and painted "Pukumani pole"; these poles used to be placed around the grave in the bush and then just abandoned to the elements, typical of the people living on the Tiwi islands. This "Purinjirringa" is in Pularumpi (Pirlingimpi), north eastern Melville Island.
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Detail Pukumani pole
Photo © Ludo Kuipers, OzOutback Internet Services



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