CORNELIA TIPUAMANTUMIRRI - BANAPA
CORNELIA TIPUAMANTUMIRRI
BANAPA, 2016
120 x 80 cm
Natural Earth Pigments on Belgian Linen
REGION
Tiwi Islands, NT
PROVENANCE
STORY
Banapa is the Tiwi word for net. Throw nets are commonly and expertly used for fishing off the beach. The shapes and forms these fish nets create whilst being cast translate into wonderful pictorial patterns.
ARTIST PROFILE