Context (CMS Context)
A strong work by one of the leading Tiwi printmakers. The motifs are associated with the kulama ceremony, one of the two key Tiwi ritual cycles, which takes place towards the end of the wet season annually, and focuses on the gathering of kulama type of wild yam, and song cycles associated with the celebration of life.

Published in Roger Butler, Islands in the Sun: Prints by Indigenous artists of Australia (National Gallery of Australia, 2001, p.24)

Event Date 12/8/2013
Author: Remke van der Velden

Context (CMS Context)
Drawn on the plate by the Apuatimi (1940-) from Tiwi, Australia. Drawn on Melville Island and printed in an edition of 30 plus proofs, by APW Senior printer Martin King at APW, Melbourne, 1999.
Event Date 12/8/2013
Author: Remke van der Velden

Context (CMS Context)
Presented by The Art Fund and the Esmée Fairbairn Foundation. An acquisition project to build a collection of modern and contemporary work on paper from Australia, Canada and South Africa was undertaken over 2011-13 with the support of a grant under The Art Fund's RENEW programme. The collection was developed with the expert advice and generous assistance of Annie Coombes and Norman Vorano in relation to South African and Inuit artists respectively. Khadija Carroll, Anita Herle and Diana Wood Conroy also contributed to the selection process. Obtained from Australian Print Workshop, 210 Gertrude Street, Fitzroy, Victoria, 3065, Australia. Acquired on 30 July 2013. Arrived on 8/8/2013.
Event Date 12/8/2013
Author: maa

Description (CMS Description)
Etching titled 'Kulama' edition 6/30. Hard-ground ecthcing printed in two colours, from one copper plate, with stenciled colour roll-up. Original limited edition work on paper, signed by the artist. Condition: Good.
Event Date 12/8/2013
Author: maa