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Tulbus 2018

Artwork Tulbus this artwork made of Pandanus leaf, created in 2018-01-01
Accession No.
2018.207
Date Created
2018
Gallery location
Not on public display
Department
Pacific Art
Dimensions A
63 x 39cm
Media Category
Fibre
Medium
Pandanus leaf
Place Created
North Bougainville District, Autonomous Region of Bougainville, Papua New Guinea
Credit Line
Purchased 2018 with funds from Professor Susan Street AO through the Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art Foundation

Plain capes known as Tulbus are worn as shelter by clanswomen during ceremony, where they protect the wearer from any harmful spirits. Two Tulbus, worn together, provide protection from the three sides that cannot be directly observed by the wearer.

The Tulbus are also used as shelter from sun and rain. Both chiefly and lower-ranking clans women wear unmarked Tuhu to the garden.

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© Kiria Asike

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Zico Albaiquni / Indonesia b.1987 / When it shook, the earth stood still (After Pirous) (detail) 2018 / Oil and synthetic polymer paint on canvas / Purchased 2018 with funds from Konfir Kabo through the Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art Foundation / © Zico Albaiquini

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