- Title: Wapil Nathaik (roasting fish)
- Artist: Billy Missi
- Region: Queensland
- Art Centre: Djumbunji Press
- Medium: Linocut
- Collection:
- Dimensions: 30.5x300cm
- Edition Size: 90
- Price ($AUD): $ 250.00
Artwork Story
Notes:
Withdrawn from sale until further notice - still in stock
After a while spent early morning spear fishing there usually comes a time when we need to rest under a nice shady tree and revive. This image depicts an uncle and two boys resting during the midday heat.
During this time the uncle teaches the boys the appropriate way of roasting fish by showing how the fire is prepared to make coals only, in order to cook the fish. He also teaches them how live branches of trees are put across the coals to lay the fish on.
They also hear additional information from their uncle that they need to learn and bear in mind during spear fishing excursions.
It is the responsibility of uncles to pass this knowledge onto their nephews as part of our cultural protocol.
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