Eylandt to Island
The very first group exhibition of works from
Anindilyakwa Arts & Culture Centre, Groote Eylandt, NT
13 AM 5955/08
Chris Watt Fishing Story 2008
Acrylic on cotton 1200 x 900mm $1440
Chris has painted Mornington Island people fishing along the river using traditional fish traps. The hunters and
women have collected cockles from river bed and placed them in coolamons while they wait for the barramundi
to come down the river with the tide to be caught using a traditional fish trap.
  
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