SHERYL J BURCHILL | 'Jakal Balji (full basket)' | Etching Edition:6/10 Here he got to dance

Here he got to dance with other groups from Northern Territory

Paper type: Hahnemuhle off white 300 GSM paper and Iwaki

This is one of many everyday activities that occur in the vast seascape environment within the Maluilgal (Western Torres Strait) waterway

close to Australia's northernmost reach and is one of the remotest communities in the country

our little child

SHERYL J BURCHILL | 'Jakal Balji (full basket)' | Etching Edition:6/10 Here he got to danceSheryl J Burchill Language Group: Kuku Yalanji and Kuku Nyungkul Traditional Land: Daintree, Shiptons Flat, China Camp & Bulban Totem: Black & White Cockatoo Lives: Mossman, Far North Queensland Artwork Story: "The Kuku Yalanji language word for our Basket is Balji (pronounced buhl jee). The baskets are made from river grass or black palm. This basket may be empty to many but my inheritance, my Balji, is full it is full of my Kuku Yalanji culture