AIONA FRANK GAIDAN | 'Sageraw Baydham' Linocut PrintAiona Frank Gaidan, Sageraw Baydham, 2016, linocut print on paper, 113. 5x200. 2cm (image size), edition of 12 "This print depicts my totem the hammerhead shark. The hammerhead shark is important in our stories of cultural knowledge and is represented in dance. The dancer featured in the work is dancing the shark dance. I learnt this dance as a young boy and this is how I know the stories. During Sageraw Thonar it is hammerhead shark mating season.

Maluka ap asiw koey za

and interstate artists

learn from each other

Image courtesy of the artist

CARL MARUN FOURMILE | 'Djumbun' | Etching / Three Colour | 39 x 26

DAVID ANDY - Girringun Art Centre | 'Bigin Necklace' | Wood / shell inlay | 10

Araw Warul

I was born in Mt Isa like a lot of people here but always think of myself as born and bred on Mornington Island

kulba mabaygaw danalayg

these essays capture the ambition

Image courtesy NorthSite

Eastern and Central groups but the Top Western Islands also used wooden masks obtained via trade and exchange