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"Mere color, unspoiled by meaning, and unallied with definite form, can speak to the soul, in a thousand different ways" - Oscar Wilde
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Tiwi islands Art by Lame Toby Mungatopi
Tiwi islands Art by Lame Toby Mungatopi Tiwi Painting is usually rendered in an abstract often geometric style. These styles look abstract but represent ancestral lines whose meaning is clear only to the Artist. Backgrounds covered in with lines, crosshatching or dots. Stripling is also common and done with a tool unique to the area. Bark painting was originally on bark bags and then later done on square pieces of bark.
