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Dennis Nona Sarawai (Death Cloud) State I 2006
Etching 620 x 1080mm Paper, 430 x 985mm Image $725
Sarawai is a cloud that forms like a mushroom over the top of an island, and marks a very sacred occurrence. For
hunters who are out on isolated parts of the reef who see this cloud over a certain island, and families home, it is
an indication of a death in that place below the cloud and calls for respect. Hunters would then come in on their
canoes and head back to their homes to prepare for ceremonial funeral business. The cloud is for both men and
women, each represented by the symbols in the print, and the heads coming out of the cloud. This is all that is
allowed to be said about that cloud.

Medium: Etching
Edition Size: 5 (StateI)
Printer: Nasil Hall & Merran Sierakowski
Studio: Basil Hall Editions, Darwin NT
Etching Created At: Brisbane, March 2005
Print Published: Darwin, August 2005
Paper: Hahnemuhle
Paper Size: 620 x 1080mm
Image Size: 430 x 985mm
I.D. : DN068