Yalbub Au Za (Comb V)

$300.00

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Description

Medium: Etching
Edition Size: 65
Published: June 2011
Created: March 2011
Printer: David Jones and Dennis Nona
Studio: David Jones Editions Brisbane, QLD
Image size: 180 x 80
Paper size: 400 x 310
Paper: Hahnamulue 310gsm

The artist has created a series of five etchings based on the traditional combs that were seen throughout the Torres Strait Islands.

The imagery depicted in the works is a contemporary interpretation of the old patterning or Minar seen incised into these traditional objects.

The artist wished to base the designs around nature and has chosen birds, animals and totems that are common to his island of Badu. In so doing he has made them place specific, just like the traditional combs made hundreds of years ago that would identify them as belonging to a particular clan or island.

Unlike the other four works in this series the top of the comb does not depict a bird or animal but a utilitarian shape that would provide a good grip for such an object.

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Medium

Etching

Artist

Dennis Nona

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Paper

Paper Size

Published

Created

Edition Size

65

Types

Prints

Region

Torres Strait Islands

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