PAULA SAVAGE - Moa Island | 'Migi Bag #74-26' | Woven rafia + jute | 2026PAULA SAVAGE is from the Dabugal clan of Moa Island and the Kaurareg clan of Muralag (Prince of Wales Island). An artist at the Ngalmun Lagau Minaral Art Centre Moa Arts, Paula works across weaving, printmaking, and jewellery to share contemporary expressions of Torres Strait Islander culture and ancestral stories. Her practice has developed into the making of unique woven bags that bring together land and water relationships through color,

My cousins often use the beautiful timber from the trunk for carvings so nothing is wasted

GIRRINGUN ART CENTRE - PHILIP DENHAM | 'Yada ( Fishing Line )' | Hand made rope / carved wooden winding board / ochre5 (h) x 15 (w) x 6 (d) cm

Through this fusion

they’ll be protected from being speared by my totem

Life was very hard in the dormitory

There are 4 brothers and 3 sisters in my family

then strung on to vines to make a traditional musical instrument

religious impact on culture

The sister and the niece

it's good tucker and best eaten with damper

Paper Size: 74

paper size 695 x 900mm