Banapa - Nets of the Tiwi Islands

A Collection of Fine Munupi Indigenous Art

Banapa - Nets of the Tiwi Islands

A Collection of Fine Munupi Indigenous Art

Australian Indigenous (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) artwork by DELORES TIPUAMANTUMIRRI of Munupi Artists. The title is Banapa. [21-226] (Ochre on Canvas) Australian Indigenous (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) artwork by DELORES TIPUAMANTUMIRRI of Munupi Artists. The title is Banapa. [21-226] (Ochre on Canvas)
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DELORES TIPUAMANTUMIRRI

Banapa
21-226
Ochre on Canvas
 Banapa | 21-226
Ochre on Canvas
 180 x 120cm | 70.87 x 47.24in
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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.