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c.1910-1968. Known for: Aboriginal art.
Alie Miller was one of five brothers who were leading artists and ceremonial performers; the brothers included ‘King’ Larry, Laurie One-Eye Nelson and Deaf Tommy Mungatopi. Alie was married to... Read full biography
Alie Miller was one of five brothers who were leading artists and ceremonial performers; the brothers included ‘King’ Larry, Laurie One-Eye Nelson and Deaf Tommy Mungatopi. Alie was married to another prominent Tiwi artist of their generation, Polly Miller Poinomaju Mungatopi (c.1912-1989). Husband... Read full biography
Alie Miller was one of five brothers who were leading artists and ceremonial performers; the brothers included ‘King’ Larry, Laurie One-Eye Nelson and Deaf Tommy Mungatopi. Alie was married to another prominent Tiwi artist of their generation, Polly Miller Poinomaju Mungatopi (c.1912-1989). Husband and wife were prolific artists and became close friends with Sandra Le Brun Holmes who collected much of their art. The relationship was so close that Sandra Holmes was permitted to record the... Read full biography
Alie Miller was one of five brothers who were leading artists and ceremonial performers; the brothers included ‘King’ Larry, Laurie One-Eye Nelson and Deaf Tommy Mungatopi. Alie was married to another prominent Tiwi artist of their generation, Polly Miller Poinomaju Mungatopi (c.1912-1989). Husband and wife were prolific artists and became close friends with Sandra Le Brun Holmes who collected much of their art. The relationship was so close that Sandra Holmes was permitted to record the pukumani ceremony held for Alie Miller in August 1968 at Milikapiti on Melville Island, which she published in Holmes, S. Le Brun, The Goddess and the Moon Man: The Sacred Art of the Tiwi Aborigines, Sydney: Craftsman House, 1995, pp.91-99. Untitled, 1965,... Read full biography
Alie Miller was one of five brothers who were leading artists and ceremonial performers; the brothers included ‘King’ Larry, Laurie One-Eye Nelson and Deaf Tommy Mungatopi. Alie was married to another prominent Tiwi artist of their generation, Polly Miller Poinomaju Mungatopi (c.1912-1989). Husband and wife were prolific artists and became close friends with Sandra Le Brun Holmes who collected much of their art. The relationship was so close that Sandra Holmes was permitted to record the pukumani ceremony held for Alie Miller in August 1968 at Milikapiti on Melville Island, which she published in Holmes, S. Le Brun, The Goddess and the Moon Man: The Sacred Art of the Tiwi Aborigines, Sydney: Craftsman House, 1995, pp.91-99. Untitled, 1965, is a rare object in Tiwi art, having been painted on a sheet of plywood rather than bark. The image is typically abstracted... Read full biography