Moa Arts

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.

Art centre notes: Made from natural raffia. The dyes used on the raffia are commercial and colour fast. The findings are sterling silver plate.