225182313467
Ngujay (Freshwater Turtle)
Ngujay (Freshwater Turtle) was a source of meat as well as a surface for painting. Traps for catching them were made from lawyer vine and spider’s web was used to make fishing line. To clean the shell for decorating, we would leave it near a green ant nest and then go through a process of soaking and drying it prior to painting. Culturally it is forbidden for pregnant women to eat either freshwater or saltwater turtle.
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FRAMED
Custom framed locally with Tru Vue Museum Glass ®.
Hand printed screen print, limited edition on archival Hahnemühle, signed by the artist.
225182313464
Ngujay (Freshwater Turtle)
Ngujay (Freshwater Turtle) was a source of meat as well as a surface for painting. Traps for catching them were made from lawyer vine and spider’s web was used to make fishing line. To clean the shell for decorating, we would leave it near a green ant nest and then go through a process of soaking and drying it prior to painting. Culturally it is forbidden for pregnant women to eat either freshwater or saltwater turtle.
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FRAMED
Custom framed locally with Tru Vue Museum Glass ®.
Hand printed screen print, limited edition on archival Hahnemühle, signed by the artist.
225182313460
Ngujay (Freshwater Turtle)
Ngujay (Freshwater Turtle) was a source of meat as well as a surface for painting. Traps for catching them were made from lawyer vine and spider’s web was used to make fishing line. To clean the shell for decorating, we would leave it near a green ant nest and then go through a process of soaking and drying it prior to painting. Culturally it is forbidden for pregnant women to eat either freshwater or saltwater turtle.
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FRAMED
Custom framed locally with Tru Vue Museum Glass ®.
Hand printed screen print, limited edition on archival Hahnemühle, signed by the artist.
225182313457
Wambiji (Platypus)
Platypus are very shy. They like to hide under rocks and can rarely be seen when people are around. When I was 17 years old, I used to go for a swim with my partner, Laurence, in the Mossman River, at a site called Jabuljabul (Girls/Women). Some mornings, a platypus was coming out of his hiding place, searching for food. He swam around. When he heard us, he swam back to his hiding place until we were gone.
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FRAMED
Custom framed locally with Tru Vue Museum Glass ®.
Hand printed screen print, limited edition on archival Hahnemühle, signed by the artist.
225182313454
Wambiji (Platypus)
Platypus are very shy. They like to hide under rocks and can rarely be seen when people are around. When I was 17 years old, I used to go for a swim with my partner, Laurence, in the Mossman River, at a site called Jabuljabul (Girls/Women). Some mornings, a platypus was coming out of his hiding place, searching for food. He swam around. When he heard us, he swam back to his hiding place until we were gone.
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FRAMED
Custom framed locally with Tru Vue Museum Glass ®.
Hand printed screen print, limited edition on archival Hahnemühle, signed by the artist.
225182313450
Wambiji (Platypus)
Platypus are very shy. They like to hide under rocks and can rarely be seen when people are around. When I was 17 years old, I used to go for a swim with my partner, Laurence, in the Mossman River, at a site called Jabuljabul (Girls/Women). Some mornings, a platypus was coming out of his hiding place, searching for food. He swam around. When he heard us, he swam back to his hiding place until we were gone.
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FRAMED
Custom framed locally with Tru Vue Museum Glass ®.
Hand printed screen print, limited edition on archival Hahnemühle, signed by the artist.
225182313445
Yawu (Stingray)
In the past stingrays were an important food source for our Kuku Yalanji people. We used to hunt them using a spear and cook them over the hot coals of an open fire. We call stingray ‘Yawu’. When stingrays make a mark in the sand, that is where the crabs hide into.
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FRAMED
Custom framed locally with Tru Vue Museum Glass ®.
Hand printed screen print, limited edition on archival Hahnemühle, signed by the artist.
225182313440
Yawu (Stingray)
In the past stingrays were an important food source for our Kuku Yalanji people. We used to hunt them using a spear and cook them over the hot coals of an open fire. We call stingray ‘Yawu’. When stingrays make a mark in the sand, that is where the crabs hide into.
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FRAMED
Custom framed locally with Tru Vue Museum Glass ®.
Hand printed screen print, limited edition on archival Hahnemühle, signed by the artist.
225182313436
Yawu (Stingray)
In the past stingrays were an important food source for our Kuku Yalanji people. We used to hunt them using a spear and cook them over the hot coals of an open fire. We call stingray ‘Yawu’. When stingrays make a mark in the sand, that is where the crabs hide into.
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FRAMED
Custom framed locally with Tru Vue Museum Glass ®.
Hand printed screen print, limited edition on archival Hahnemühle, signed by the artist.