Handle Bag
Art Centre notes:
The bag is made of natural raffia and cotton.
It is made using a traditional ‘one twist’ method. It has a thick plaited strap. The strap is a 51cm in length.
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Handle Bag
Art Centre notes:
The bag is made of natural raffia and sea chord.
It is made using a traditional ‘one twist’ method. It has a thick plaited strap. The strap is closed at the end.
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Handle Bag
Art Centre notes:
The bag is made of natural raffia & seagrass chord.
It is made using a traditional ‘one twist’ method. It has a thick plaited strap. The strap is closed at the end.
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Migi Bag
Paula Savage is a master weaver and utilises a myriad of locally sourced and commercial materials to create her pieces. These include raffia, cotton, jute, seagrass chord and ghostnet, seeds and shells washed up on the beach close to Kubin Village on Moa Island.
Paula uses the traditional ‘one twist’ method. She creates a range of items, including baskets and bags with handles. Her style is instantly recognisable. Weavings are adorned with thin or thick plaited straps, long tassels and sometimes materials she collects from the beach and island.
Paula’s woven pieces use dyes that are commercial and colour-fast.
Migi is the Creole word for small. Eso
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Malpalau Kisai
Malpalau Kisai, the shinning full moon in the night sky.
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Boldness Flow
Boldness flow identifies a unique appearance to describe itself as a flow that travels endlessly, being strong, vivid and has it’s quality.
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Soft Shell – 6/6
This print is about how many soft shells that gets washed up on our beach up all year round.
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Athiew Marriel – 2
Athiew Marriel reflects on the spirits of our totems. This identifies each tribe’s totem that represents them. We give thanks to them when we hunt and gather food. We also give thanks to protect them and country from foreign and domestic intruders. This is how our ancestors survived, through storytelling. Our legends live on through our children, til this day. This Athiew Marriel (totems spirit) also teaches us to respect the values of of our land, sky sea, the teaching of elderley people that was very powerful, ” If you disobey the lore, you are accountable for your actions.”
They stole our identity, transformed us, gave us the Book to reform us. In that book was, I quote, ‘Thou shall not steal”.
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Kulba Sabi (Old Lore)
Each and every kinship group is headed by a leader who has the status of an elder, and plays a very important role within his traditional society and community.
His has the authority gained through his own personal achievements and his birth right as a son of his forefathers; he has and will always lookout for the safety, health and well being of his people.
His ultimate duty is to make the wisest decisions for the better good of his people and the future of his children’s children.
He is obligated to maintaining peace and harmony within his family structure and ensure that all cultural lores is respected and obeyed.
He is the keeper of his sacred land, ancestral stories, songs, and cosmology star lores.
He makes sure that his clan group wealth, land and sea estate is preserved and maintained.
He teaches his ancestral traditional practices and lores of hunting/gathering, making sure it is passed down to the next generation as it has been done since time memorial.
He demonstrates his clans’ ancient way of life through the values he carries within himself, the way he conducts himself publicly, and the respect he shows to his natural environment and spiritual universe.
He puts his people needs first, helping those who are less fortunate with all that he has and although he is discriminated against, he is still able to humbly serve his people.
He provides and set food on the mat for his families just to ensure that they are happy and not hungry.
He will go out of his own way for everyone cause he loves his people, and there is nothing more important to him than the strong kingship bond that links everyone together through their blood line and intermarraige genealogical connections.
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Athiew Mariel 5
This print illustrates the shadow of our Totems, that are still with us. The shadow images reflect on our past, that they were once legends in our society before we were discovered. This image also identified us that which tribe we’re from and which clan we represent. Our forefathers use these Totems to guide and protected them, also to hunt gather to survive.
Art Centre notes:
Image size: 56 x 38cm. Paper size: 76 x 56cm. The artwork is a ‘pochoir’ print, or monoprint, printed on BFK Rives paper (100% cotton rag with strong archival properties).