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Alick Tipoti Nudaik 2007
Linocut on Whatmans paper 660x400mm image, 770x570mm paper $600
Nudaik is a traditional hunting practice of the Maluiligal. It is when after a dugong is speared, a rope is tied
around the tail. It is then baited. It cries out sending vibrations of sound through the water. Other dugongs are
lured towards its cry. When another dugong is targeted, the previous action by the hunters of using the Wap
(harpoon), Kuyur (dart), Amu (rope) is then practiced to catch it. This print also shows the spiritual connection
between the hunters and the food source. The reflections of the hunters are slightly different from the positions
of the hunters in the canoe. When in contact with ancestral spirits from the past, the reflections become the
spirits of the water world guiding the dugongs, and selecting the best type (healthy) one from the herd.

Edition Size: 70
Medium: Linocut
Original Created: N / A, N/A on August, 2008
Print Published: Thursday Island (TSI), QLD on October, 2007
Printer: Alick Tipoti
Studio: Artist's Studio Paper: Whatmans
Orientation: Portrait
Paper Height: 770 mm ( 30.3" )
Paper Width: 570 mm ( 22.4" )
Image Height: 680 mm ( 26.8" )
Image Width: 400 mm ( 15.7" )