Description (CMS Description)
Catalogue card reads [printed in black ink]:' A: Sheaf of hand-made recycled paper with small lino-block black and white print at top ledge. Print shows two men dressed in identical feathered headdresses and shell pendants. Their head and shoulders are shown next to two coconut fibre houses. B: Sheaf of hand-made recycled paper with small lino-block black and white print at top edge. Print shows three men with dhari headdresses and holding spears being fired upon by a man in a feathered headdress with a bow and arrow. The corner of a coconut fibre house can be seen on the right. C: Sheaf of hand-made recycled paper with small lino-block black and white print at top edge. Print shows the head and shoulders of two skeletal-like figures with feathered headdresses.'
Event Date
Author: maa

Context (Display)
' Exhibited: 'Torres Strait Islanders: An Exhibition Marking the Centenary of the 1898 Cambridge Anthropological Exhibition' at UCMAA, July 1998 to December 2000, with following label " Three linoblack prints. Three sheets of hand-made writing paper with inset print by Nancy Sagigi, 1995. The prints depict aspects of the story of Kwoiam. c. J. Philp 1996. 1996.1680a-c." F. Veys, 9/8/2006'
Event Date
Author: maa

Context (Production / use)
Catalogue card reads [printed in black ink]: The three prints were made as writing paper. They tell part of the story of Sobai and Waii. These prints and 1680 A-C were made at a women's art workshop for sale, principally to tourists, at a small gallery on Thursday Island. Paper making is not a traditional craft but each artist has employed traditional stories to depict.
Event Date 1996
Author: Rachel Hand