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Alick Tipoti Ai Pugaik 2007
linocut 680x400mm image, 770x570mm paper $600
Ai Pugaik is when a turtle or a dugong is being butchered. This print shows a young hunter butchering up a
Dhangal(dugong). His butchering skills are guided by the elders along the right side of the print. The elders are
the educators of this practice. The women also play a very important role during the butchering, as they carry
the woven baskets for the shares. Beside the Zogoaw Garka (the hunter who speared the Dhangal), the women
decide who the shares go to, for they are the ones who cook the food and serve their families. The Dhangal is
butche
red with the sharp edge of a Mai (pearl shell). On the inside of the Mai, a diagram shows how the Dhangal is
butchered. The butcher reads the diagram as he cuts, the elders explain why it is cut in that manner.

(Copyright. The artist and The Australian Art Print Network.)

Edition Size: 70
Medium: Linocut
Lino block Created: N / A, N/A on August, 2007
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" )