WILLIAM SAVAGE | 'Kulap (Gorr) - Large' | Purple / yellow / red / black Raymond Harris BRIAN ROBINSON | 'Baidam Thithuyil'

BRIAN ROBINSON | 'Baidam Thithuyil' | Linocut Print | 2010 | Edition of 40 | Paper size: 740 x 540 mm

"My Mother told me that she is a Gunalida women from Burketown

Inub zageth ngaw awgadh yaadu palgayk – Kursi

Her tropical vanitas and floating worlds are deliberately idyllic

was a Maluilgal man from Mabuiag Island in the Torres Strait

WILLIAM SAVAGE | 'Kulap (Gorr) - Large' | Purple / yellow / red / black Raymond Harris BRIAN ROBINSON | 'Baidam Thithuyil'These Kulaps are woven from rope and made with seeds from Matchbox Bean (Burny Bean) tree. Traditionally the dry seeds are cut in half, then strung on to vines to make a traditional musical instrument . Kulaps are used as a musical instrument (rattle or shaker) in the Torres Strait during traditional ceremonies and dancing, also complementing singing, drumming and chanting. WILLIAM SAVAGE 'Kulap (Gorr) Large' Purple yellow red black