Timothy Cook (born 1958)

KULAMA, 2006

natural earth pigments and synthetic binder on canvas

90.0 x 90.0 cm

bears inscription verso: Jilamara Arts cat. 197-06

Jilamarra Arts, Milikapiti, Melville Island, Northern Territory
Aboriginal and Pacific Art, Sydney
Private collection, Melbourne

Timothy Cook and Kay Lindjuwanga, Aboriginal and Pacific Art at Melbourne Art Fair, Melbourne, 2 –6 August 2006

This work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Jilamara Arts, Milikapiti, which states:

‘The Kulama Ceremony is performed in the late wet season (March-April) when a ring appears around the moon. Kulama is a traditional initiation for young men which coincides with the harvest of a certain wild yam species. Elders of both sexes sing and dance for three days welcoming the boys into adulthood. The boy is then renamed with his true man’s name.’