KASSANDRA SAVAGE | ‘Dance of the Korrakorr’ | Monoprint baidam The Kodal au Buai is

The Kodal au Buai is the major totem of Mabuiag Island in the Western Torres Strait

In the bottom left flipper is the Wongai fruit

For these large masks turtle shell was heated and molded into shape

These can be both happy moments and for sorry business

one of luggers ran into a cyclone at the back of Mabuiag Island

KASSANDRA SAVAGE | ‘Dance of the Korrakorr’ | Monoprint baidam The Kodal au Buai isKassandra Savage is a descendent of the Waanyi and Kurtijar people of the Gulf of Carpentaria Country of Queensland. She was born in Cloncurry in 1967. Kassandra is an Early Childhood Teacher and has been teaching for 31 years. She has taught (and supported other teachers) in many schools and Aboriginal communities including Mount Isa, Cairns, Bamaga, Injinoo, Weipa, Mapoon and Mossman. She is currently living and teaching in Mossman, on Kuku Yalanji