Part I Tiwi culture -- Part II Tiwi history -- Part III Artefacts and art -- Part IV Bathurst Island art centres -- Part V Melville Island art centres
Summary
The dangerous waters separating mainland Australia from Tiwi islands have seen blossoming of an art & culture unique to Tiwi people. Often abstract and geometric, with strong patterns, use of colour, it is basis for shapes of traditional carvings, such as that used in burial ceremonies, more recently, on fabric, paper, pottery, canvas and jewellery
