Rajarra (barramundi in Burarra language), is an important food source in this region. These fish are caught throughout the artist’s clan estate, either in fishtraps woven from pandanus or sedge grass, or else hunted with spears and fishing lines in billabongs and streams where they shelter from the sun under fallen logs or amongst the leaves of water plants.
Name: Bob Ali
Language: Burarra (Maringa)
Biography:
Bob Ali is an established artist whose carved wooden Burarra (Egret) sculptures reflect the coastal region of his country, Yilan.
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