Mary-Anne Mungatopi

Country/Region: Australia (view other artists)

Tribe: Tiwi Language Group

Village: Milikapiti, Melville Island

Mary Anne Mungatopi comes from Karslake country on Melville Island, the larger of the two Tiwi Islands situated off the coast of Darwin in the Northern Territory of Australia.

Her work depicts the body designs used in the Pukamani ceremony, the traditional Tiwi burial ceremony, one of the cornerstones of the Tiwi’s traditional belief.

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