Dhangal um araik.

Artist: Missy, Billy. | Title: Dhangal um araik. | Date: 2000 | Technique: linocut, printed in black ink, from one block; hand coloured using a la coupe technique [wet on wet] with additional watercolour penciling
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Primary Artist

Billy Missy (1970–2012)

Title

Dhangal um araik.

Physical description

Print depicting a large dugong [centre] with three men holding a wap [dugong harpoon]

Date made

2000

Place made

Australia, Australia, Queensland, Torres Strait, Mualagau Minaral Artists Collective studio, Kubin Village, Moa Island View on map Close map

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Category

Print

Print type

relief

Technique

linocut, printed in black ink, from one block; hand coloured using a la coupe technique [wet on wet] with additional watercolour penciling

Matrix size

45.5 x 61.5 cm (printed image)

Support

paper

Collection

National Gallery of Australia

IRN

120303

Accession number

2002.106

Accession method

Purchase

Meeting

Meeting 5, 2001/2002 (2002-03-27)

Provenance

Purchased by the National Gallery of Australia from Helen Maxwell Gallery, Canberra, 2002.

Credit line

Gordon Darling Australasian Print Fund 2002

Country of context

Australia

Creators

Missy, Billy. | (1970–2012) Australian | Torres Strait Islander | Male | artist

Missy, Billy. | (1970–2012) Australian | Torres Strait Islander | Male | printer