Tjurukukuni (Owl), 2024

$600.00

  • 31cm
  • 2024
  • Locally sourced ochres on ironwood
  • Catalog No: 2200-72-24

Tjurukukuni, the owl who acted as messenger for the Tiwi lovers Wai-ai and Taparra, guiding them to one another through the bush. It was following this act of infidelity that death came to the world and the Tiwi people.

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