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Statue of «kerinaiwa»
Australien, North East Arnhemland

heavy wood, with fork-shaped legs rising from a round base, supporting a flat, waisted trunk, which is flanked by free carved arms, a massive neck carrying a head with u-shaped flattened facial plane and tapering chin, painted with lattice and dot pattern in white, red and yellow, slightly dam., abrasion;
this is an effigy of «kerinaiwa», a mighty leader of the Tiwi tribe in the mid-nineteenth century. Kerinaiwa was a fierce warrior, who led raiding expeditions to the mainland stealing woman from the Carakia tribe, a great feat of sea-going in frail stringybark canoes. Kerinaiwa was also a ceremonial leader, and here he is wearing body decorations for the «lukamani», the most important and spectacular ceremony of the Tiwi.
H: 63 cm, (4991/002)

Expertise:
Certificate Dorothy Bennett, Australian Aboriginal Art Trust, N. S. W. Australia

Lit.:
Heermann, Ingrid, Menter, Ulrich, Gemaltes Land, Kunst der Aborigines aus Arnhemland, Australien, Linden-Museum, Stuttgart 1994, p. 84

Statue of «kerinaiwa»
Australien, North East Arnhemland

heavy wood, with fork-shaped legs rising from a round base, supporting a flat, waisted trunk, which is flanked by free carved arms, a massive neck carrying a head with u-shaped flattened facial plane and tapering chin, painted with lattice and dot pattern in white, red and yellow, slightly dam., abrasion;
this is an effigy of «kerinaiwa», a mighty leader of the Tiwi tribe in the mid-nineteenth century. Kerinaiwa was a fierce warrior, who led raiding expeditions to the mainland stealing woman from the Carakia tribe, a great feat of sea-going in frail stringybark canoes. Kerinaiwa was also a ceremonial leader, and here he is wearing body decorations for the «lukamani», the most important and spectacular ceremony of the Tiwi.
H: 63 cm, (4991/002)

Expertise:
Certificate Dorothy Bennett, Australian Aboriginal Art Trust, N. S. W. Australia

Lit.:
Heermann, Ingrid, Menter, Ulrich, Gemaltes Land, Kunst der Aborigines aus Arnhemland, Australien, Linden-Museum, Stuttgart 1994, p. 84