ROBERT TOMMY PAU | 'Bok Fight' | LinocutLinocut printed in black ink from one block Edition of 10, 2013 Paper size: 565 x 760mm Printed by Elizabeth Hunter Artwork story: Bok fight was played when the segmented grass would grow after the rain season. This grass is a ridged grass that also contains water the we would chew on when thirsty. We made bow and used the bok as the arrows. This was a dangerous game but we never tried to hurt anyone but would rather flee or surrender then cause

and the traditional motifs and natural carving ability of the Islanders

To carry vegetables from the garden

Paper size: 420 x 730 mm

As a descendant of the Dharrba Warra Clan from the Starke River area north of Cooktown

Linocut Printed from one block

the first major touring exhibition and catalogue of the traditional and contemporary material culture of the Torres Strait Island people

It was our ancestors' beliefs that Mawa provided these fruits

Garry’s  brothers

it's a part of our culture amongst the people of the Wellesley Islands - this story is the same all over

BERNICE BURKE | 'My Homeland' | 2014 | Painting | Synthetic Polymer on Linen | 91 (h) x 61 (w) cm

Inub zageth a mineral muynu senub gidha umayk

Leigh Namponan Thanan (Stand)   Aurukun Etching 2014