Status: Stock Tahmana Misick Zaber School is a print that is inspired by when I always go out with my uncles and brothers and cousins to our front beach to go net dragging when the tides are low and still then we pull it up to the shore and we Read more…
Status: Stock Paula Savage My island dress with ston fish print and thongs is a resemblance of every time I go down to reef walking with my thongs.
Status: Stock Fiona Mosby Piru Piru is the Kala Kawa Ya dialect name for this beautiful tiny bird which is like a honey eater. They make their nests out of grass and leaves and they hang from branches and under sheltered areas. There is a small opening at the top Read more…
Status: Stock David Bosun In Mualgal culture, traditional adoption is a deeply ingrained andmeaningful practice that serves multiple purposes, such as strengthening kinship ties, ensuring the well-being and care of children, passing down cultural knowledge and traditions, and reinforcing land tenure customs.
Status: Stock Babetha Nawia Feathers are used in head dresses in my culture. We imitate our young warriors and gods of the islands who wore feathers as armour.
Status: Stock Gertie Tomsana My story is about garden kaikai. I grew up with my parents planting cassava bones, this monyotha leaf gives me a glimpse of my childhood.
Status: Stock Helen-Joy Tomsana Blossom represents spring, a new beginning and growth.
Status: Stock David Bosun Dugongs are usually able to reproduce by the age of nine or ten years though/ sometime not until as late as 15 years. A female Dugong can only have one calf every 3-7 year and the pregnancy lasts 12-14 months. to keep the new born calf Read more…
Status: Stock Solomon Booth Dhangal Urgnu Tidiak relates to the herd of dugong moving between feeding grounds when the tide is right.
Art centre notes: Made from natural raffia. The dyes used on the raffia are commercial and colour fast. The findings are sterling silver plate.