5 DN079
Dennis Nona Warti Dhogai (Witch) 2005
Etching tusche technique Paper: 660mm x 355mm $700
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" )