Moa Arts

Art Centre notes: The bag is made of natural raffia / Seagrass cord. It is made using a traditional ‘one twist’ method. The dyes are commercial and colour fast. The bags have decorations on swell such as shells.

Art Centre notes: The bag is made of natural raffia / Seagrass cord. It is made using a traditional ‘one twist’ method. The dyes are commercial and colour fast. The bags have decorations on swell such as shells.

Art Centre notes: The bag is made of natural raffia / Seagrass cord. It is made using a traditional ‘one twist’ method. The dyes are commercial and colour fast. The bags have decorations on swell such as shells.

Art Centre notes: The bag is made of natural raffia / Seagrass cord. It is made using a traditional ‘one twist’ method. The dyes are commercial and colour fast. The bags have decorations on swell such as shells.

Art Centre notes: The bag is made of natural raffia / Seagrass cord. It is made using a traditional ‘one twist’ method. The dyes are commercial and colour fast. The bags have decorations on swell such as shells.

Goeygi The Goeygi is a Giant Trevally. They live in the waters around Mua Island.

Waru My artwork titled “Waru” is an inspiration that I I drew from our local rangers who protect our seas. I like turtles that swim in the salt water and on the reef to find their food and shelter. 

Kurs The hammer head shark can be found throughout the waters of the Torres Strait Islands. Kurs is the language name used in the western islands which is known as the hammer head shark.

Gapu Gapu is the Malulilgal dialect name for the sucker fish and it’s usually used for dugong and turtle hunting. Most Gapu’s is usually be kept in a Baila shell we that we call “Alup”, also can be seen most of the time be stuck to any shark to take Read more…

Our Food Source In the print it demonstrates some of many shells, the Trochus shell, Mud shells, Claim shells and the Trumpet Shells. We eat as part of our daily food source when we go out hunting and gather during low tides from our home reefs nearby.