See a similar carved figure by the artist in the collection of the National Museum of Australia, in Cooper, C. et al, Aboriginal Australia, Australian Gallery Directors Council, Sydney, 1981, p. 160, plate N232 (illus.) Caruana, W. Aboriginal Art, Thames and Hudson, 2003, p. 91, plate 75 Carved Ceremonial Female Figure, in Carrick J. (ed.) Art of the first Australians, Aboriginal Arts Board, cat 75, p.69 (illus.)
Painted, post–like figure sculptures are derived from the carved poles (tutini) made by the Tiwi on Bathurst and Melville Islands to surround the graves of the deceased in Pukumani or funerary ceremonies.
