Headhunting and Trading in Torres Strait Island
Primary Artist
Dennis Nona (1973–)
Title
Headhunting and Trading in Torres Strait Island
Other titles
Head hunting and Trading in Torres Strait Island, Headhunting and Trading in TSI
Date made
1992
Place made
Australia, Australia, Queensland, Cairns, Cairns College of TAFE View on map Close map
Category
Print type
relief
Technique
linocut, printed in black ink, from one block; hand-coloured
Support
paper
Subject description
Canoe holding five figures with hammer-head sharks swimming underneath.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
156876
Accession number
92.1542
Accession method
Curator's allowance
Meeting
Meeting 3, 1992/93 (1992-12-16)
Provenance
Produced while the artist attended the Cairns College of TAFE [undertaking the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Visual Arts course] in 1991
Credit line
Purchased 1992
Copyright
Courtesy of the artist and the Australia Art Print Network
Country of context
Australia
Creators
Nona, Dennis. | (1973–) Australian | Torres Strait Islander | Male | artist