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LISA WAUP
Connections120-18
Found Materials and Fibres
Connections | 120-18
Found Materials and Fibres
12 x 11cm | 4.72 x 4.33in (irregular)
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12cm x 11cm x 12cm
In Gunditjmara Culture there are two totemic moieties, the Red-tailed Black Cockatoo and the White Sulphur- crested Cockatoo. Depending on what family group you are linked with is what you belong to, there are multiple other moieties within this complexed social and family system. This piece is dedicated to ancestors and distant family that have lived and breathed this beautiful right of passage. Lisa has always been greatly attracted to cockatoos, to there sophisticated family hierarchy and their ability to let her know that they are always around. Lisa uses the White Sulphur-Crested Cockatoos a great deal in her work, these feathers in particular were gifted and lovingly collected by a dear friend whom prepared and bought them back to Melbourne for her from Queensland. The Cowry shells are from Papua New Guinea which along with a multitude of Oceanic regions, traditionally used and for many still used as traditional shell money. Through research Lisa has found Torres Strait Islanders also used shell money for currency and trade.
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