17 DN075
Dennis Nona Wamadai (Plant Medicine) 2005
Etching tusche technique on 350gsm Hahnemuhle Paper: 360mm x 670mm $600
Wamadai is a purplish flower found near the shoreline mangroves on several islands. In past times, women who
were gathering food would also collect the little flowers and place them under the family sleeping mats before
dark. The flowers stop 'Bak', a small blood-thirsty burrowing insect, from coming up from the ground, crawling
into living areas, and biting people who were asleep. When the Bak smells the Wamadai it drives them away like
a repellent. This medicine was used for hundreds of years and ceased in the 1800's when missionaries arrived
with alternative methods of insect control.
Medium: Etching tusche technique
Edition Size: 99
Printer: Natasha Rowell & Jo Diggens
Studio: Basil Hall Editions, Darwin
Etching tusche technique Created At: QLD on April, 2005
Print Published: Darwin, NT on July, 2005
Paper: Hahnemuhle 350 gsm
Paper Height: 360 mm ( 14.2" )
Paper Width: 670 mm ( 26.4" )
Image Height: 225 mm ( 8.9" )
Image Width: 490 mm ( 19.3" )
I.D. : DN075