DENNIS NONA - KODALAD ZA (CROCODILE COMB III)
DENNIS NONA
KODALAD ZA (CROCODILE COMB III), 2017
(Image size)26 cm x 8 cm
(Paper size) 40 cm x 31 cm
Etching on Paper: Hahnamulue 310gsm
REGION
Torres Strait Islands
PROVENANCE
Framed Gallery, NT
STORY
The artist has created a series of five etchings based on the traditional combs that were seen throughout the Torres Strait Islands.
The imagery depicted in the works is a contemporary interpretation of the old patterning or Minar seen incised into these traditional objects.
The artist wished to base the designs around nature and has chosen birds, animals and totems that are common to his island of Badu. In so doing he has made them place specific, just like the traditional combs made hundreds of years ago that would identify them as belonging to a particular clan or island.
The Kodalal or crocodile depicted is one of the totems of the artist’s island of Badu.
ARTIST PROFILE
