WORKS BY LEADING ABORIGINAL, TORRES STRAIT ISLANDERS AND WESTERN AUSTRALIAN ARTISTS

Alick TIPOTI_Baywaw Mawa (Laag) I_Torres Strait

N°: AT68a

Artist: Alick TIPOTI

Title: Baywaw Mawa (Laag) I

Art : Aboriginal

Community: Badu Island

Dimensions: L: 80 x H: 120 x P: 30 cm

Date: 2011

Medium: Fibreglass, Resin, Fibre, Beads, Rope, Feathers
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The Baywa in my language means whirlwind or tornado. The spirits would reveal themselves through the Baywa both on land and in the sea. These Bawa Mawal have blue eyes, they come from the sea. They bring sea food to the sorcerers who ask for them. Some information can only be told orally.

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