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Janine McAully Bott

Fish Trap

Palm fronds, driftwood and Philodendron leaf
100 x 75 x 70 cm
$N/A
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#10207

Story:

THE FISHTRAP REPRESENTS NOURISHMENT A WAY TO SOURCE FOOD FROM THE RIVERS OF THE SOUTH WEST NYOONGAH COUNTRY

MANY A GOOD YARN BEING TOLD WHILE THE NYOONGAH'S GATHERED MATERIALS SAT AROUND THE CAMPFIRE MAKING THEIR FISHTRAPS

A GOOD STRONG TRAP MEANT A GOOD FEED AND RECOGNITION GIVING PRIDE AND SPIRITUAL WELLBEING TO ITS MAKER WHO HAS SPENT DAYS WEAVING

FOR THIS SOCIAL EVENT OF FOOD GATHERING TO BE SHARED AMONGST THE WHOLE GROUP

FISHTRAPS COME IN ALL SHAPES AND SIZES CERTAIN STYLES A SIGNATURE OF ITS MAKER AND MATERIALS

GUM TREE BRANCHES REEDS BOUND TOGETHER BY KANGAROO SINEW OR VINES DEPENDING ON THE AREA OF THE CAMP MANY DIFFERENT MATERIALS ALONG THE RIVER BANKS

NYOONGAH'S TRAVELLED THEIR COUNTRY FISHING HUNTING AND GATHERING

A SIMPLE NOMADIC LIFE THEIR GREATEST POSSESSION THE LAND THAT THEY TREAD UPON