The Tiwi Islands - Melville Island

Pukumani poles at Paruwu

“Pukumani” funerary poles are left in the bush after the ceremonies and will be gradually destroyed by white ants, like here at the small village of Paruwu, on Melville Island.

Photo by Ludo Kuipers, Thu Aug 10, 1995
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