After more than 50 years, Tiwi Islanders are reunited with rare artefacts - and it's been emotional

Tiwi Land Council Chairman Gibson Farmer Illortaminni holds the frilled neck lizard artefact that was carved by his grandfather. Source: SBS News / Laetitia Lemke

A wooden lizard is being returned to the lands it was created on, as part of a massive repatriation effort of art and artefacts. After more than 50 years in a private collection in regional Victoria, the artefact created on the Tiwi Islands north of Darwin has been packed up and sent back to the tropics.

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Published 26 March 2023 6:00pm

Updated 31 March 2023 12:51pm

By Laetitia Lemke

Source: SBS News

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A wooden lizard is being returned to the lands it was created on, as part of a massive repatriation effort of art and artefacts. After more than 50 years in a private collection in regional Victoria, the artefact created on the Tiwi Islands north of Darwin has been packed up and sent back to the tropics.

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