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49 DN116
Dennis Nona Ubirikubiri II 2006
Linocut Paper: 1500mm x 870mm $1350
This is a legend that took place on the Mai Kusa (River) on the Western coast of Papua New Guinea. Following
the death of his wife a man decided to give his daughter a pet to help console her and keep her company. He
brought her a puppy but she didn't like it. He then brought her a piglet but she didn't like that either (both the
dog and piglet are seen at the bottom of the print). One day when he was out spearing fish on the beach he
came across a baby crocodile which he caught and took home to show his daughter. She really liked it and
named the crocodile Ubirikubiri. Her father made a pen for the crocodile. As it grew he kept enlarging the pen.
After it had become fully grown the father went to visit friends in another village and neglected to feed
Ubirikubiri the entire time he was away. When he returned Ubirikubiri was very hungry and very annoyed
having been left without food for such a long time. As the father went to feed Ubirikubiri some fish he grabbed
him and killed him then broke out of the pen placing the father on his back and heading off to the Mai Kusi
leaving the tracks seen in centre of the print. The daughter, who had not been at home when Ubirikubiri seized
her father, saw the broken pen and evidence of a skirmish. She followed Ubirikubiri's tracks to the river calling
out to the crocodile to tell her about her father. At Ziba Ziba (that time of day when the sun has almost set)
Ubirikubiri appeared on the river bank with her father on his back. She pleaded with the crocodile to give up her
father but shaking his huge body he refused and headed back in to the river. There is a moral to part of this
story that instructs us that if animals are taken from their natural environment they must be looked after and
treated and cared for properly.
Medium: Linocut
Edition Size: 45
Printer: David Jones
Studio: Queensland College of Art
Linocut Created At: Artists Studio on March, 2006
Print Published: Brisbane, QLD on April, 2006
Paper: BFK Rives
paper Height: 1,400 mm ( 55.1" )
Paper Width: 870 mm ( 34.3" )
Image Height: 1,200 mm ( 47.2" )
Image Width: 670 mm ( 26.4" )
I.D. : DN116