ABORIGINAL & TORRES STRAIT ISLANDERS ARTISTS OR WESTERN

Dates: 1950
Language: Meriam Mir
Community: Darnley Island (Erub)
Art : Aboriginal
Region: Torres Strait
State: Queensland

Ken Thaiday Snr. (b. 1950) is a leader of the Torres Strait Islands’ cultural community in every sense, and continues to break new ground in how Erub (Darnley) Island traditions and customs are interpreted in the contemporary era.

Ken Thaiday Snr. in collaboration with Jason Christopher a monumental sculpture installation for the Oceanographique Museum of Monaco. View this work

Public Collections: Musée des Confluences, Lyon, France / Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia / Cultural Centre of Tjibaou, Noumea, Nouvelle-Calédonie / Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney / Cambridge University Museum of Anthropology, United Kingdom / National Gallery of Australia, Canberra / National Museum of Australia, Canberra / Otago Museum, Dunedin, New Zealand / Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane

N°: 1464

Ken THAIDAY Snr

Black bamboo hammerhead shark headdress

black bamboo, plywood, emeu feather, eagle feather
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N°: 1466

Ken THAIDAY Snr

Dari headdress

acrylic on plywood, eagle feather, emeu feather
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N°: 1467

Ken THAIDAY Snr

Dugong

Acrylic on plywood, black bamboo, string
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N°: 1465

Ken THAIDAY Snr

Trevally fish with Landscape

acrylic on plywood, eagle feather
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N°: 1400

Ken THAIDAY Snr

Dance machine - Hammer head shark

Wood, feather, acrylic
Vendue / Sold. COLLECTION MUSEE DES CONFLUENCES (LYON)

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