20 DN079
Dennis Nona Warti Dhogai (Witch) 2005
Etching tusche technique Paper: 660mm x 355mm $600
This print is based on a bedtime story told to naughty children on Badu Island. The central figure is a witch
(dhogai) who steals babies from the village in the middle of the night. When it’s dark she leaves her cave and
heads for the village. She listens out for little babies who won’t stop crying. The cries lead her closer and closer,
and when the parents have turned their heads, she snatches the baby and takes it back to her cave. One baby
is crying in the left hand corner of the image, while the others in her basket have already been captured. She
also has one on her tongue. Back inside her cave, she pops their eyes out with her long fingernails. When the
parents notice their baby is gone, they go after the dhogai and throw hot rocks at her. You can see the rocks are
red, and that the witch herself is in red-hot trouble! When a child starts crying on Badu Island we tell them “the
Dhogai is going to get you”. And they go quiet
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: 660 mm ( 26.0" )
Paper Width: 355 mm ( 14.0" )
Image Height: 520 mm ( 20.5" )
Image Width: 250 mm ( 9.8" )
I.D. : DN07