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Kiju (Mud Crab) Mud crabs are one of our favourite foods. We collect the crabs in the mangroves and share them with our families.
Kiju (Mud Crab) Mud crabs are one of our favourite foods. We collect the crabs in the mangroves and share them with our families.
Migi abau 1 OF 1 Migi abau this print titled “mini abau” is about the fruit of the noni fruit tree and its fruits is used for. The noni fruit can be used to make hot to cold drinks and Read more…
Floating dirt 1 OF 1 Floating Dirt is a print I got inspired when its kuki season (westerly winds) here in the Torres straits it usually blows and brings a lot of dirt from Papua New Guinea downwards into the Read more…
Ngawiya (Sea Turtle) In the past, sea turtles were an important food source for Kuku Yalanji people. Only men were allowed to hunt them. The men were also responsible for cooking them in a ground oven and distributing the meat to all the families. Read more…
Jalbil (Boyd’s Rainforest Dragon) The Rainforest Dragon is a small and gentle lizard that feeds on insects. It is very hard to see in the rainforest because it takes on the colour and patterns of the environment. The male dragons Read more…
Kadanji (Black Cockatoo) The black cockatoo is my totem. It has been passed down to me from my grandmother and her sisters, to my mum and her sisters and then it came to me and my sisters. I use the Read more…
(VC) Kakan (Black Palm) Basket Weaving This design shows how the bottom part of a black palm basket is woven. My grandmothers and aunties used to make them. They cut off the young palm leaves in the centre, stripped and Read more…
Sigai 2 OF 8 Sigai is a flying fish that lives on sign east side of Mao island it is a totem of my father and is now my family totem. Sigai is a significant fish to our family it Read more…
Sigai 1 OF 8 Sigai is a flying fish that lives on sign east side of Mao island it is a totem of my father and is now my family totem. Sigai is a significant fish to our family it Read more…