ALVIN GAVENOR | 'Kajawur - Dance Hat' (3) | Artefact Maldives Artworks Book which has been hand coloured

which has been hand coloured by the artist

Cairns in August 2010 to coincide with the 2010 Cairns Indigenous Art Fair

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and Religion of the Western Islanders

2009Published by Djumbunji Press KickArts Fine Art PrintmakingImage size: 176 x 122 mmPaper size: 390 x 265 mmPaper type: Hahnemuhle off white 300 GSM paperInk type: CharbonnelCollaborative printer: Dian DarmansjahEditioning printers: Dian Darmansjah and Jacinta Numina Waugh

ALVIN GAVENOR | 'Kajawur - Dance Hat' (3) | Artefact Maldives Artworks Book which has been hand coloured"The dance hat is also called 'Kajawur' in our Lardil language. Human hair is spun into string and wound onto a bark frame. Frequently red ochre called Nguyinen is applied as decoration. The white clay is termed 'Kayal' and is also used as medicine and body paint during corroboree. Some artist acrylic paint is used. The hats are topped with emu feathers, which are not endemic to Mornington Island but were traded with mainland people. The hats are worn