JOSEPH AU | 'Aypulumay' | Linocut print Dibirdibi rangadh maluka muyika

rangadh maluka muyika

Lockhart River

Their inherent spirituality derived from ancestral ties to the land and sea

Catalogue MOIS55-18

Nephi has always loved to work with his hands

JOSEPH AU | 'Aypulumay' | Linocut print Dibirdibi rangadh maluka muyikaJoseph Au, Aypulumay, 2016, linocut print on paper, 200. 4x111. 5cm (image size), edition of 12 Ayupulumay means hunting or looking for food. During Sageraw Thonar we still have to go out hunting even though the weather on the water may not be good. I feature the totems of my family within my artwork. This work features the crocodile, which is the totem of both my mother and father. In each of the legs there are three bars carved. This mark represents