Description (Physical description)
'Mal-lag ar dapparr-aw waural', by Dennis Nona 1995. Black and white print with highly detailed background of 'abstract' designs. Upon this background are a series of black and partially black figures (from top to bottom, left to right); squid, Torres Strait pigeon, mango leaves and fruit, hammer-head shark, fruit bat, tamarind fruit and leaves, yam leaves and vine, crocodile, snake with fish inside sting-ray, dugong with baby inside, masked man, cavern with turtle eggs, pig, man with crocodile mask, Torres Strait pigeon, kasava leaves and root, pelican, turtle, dugong spear (wap) with harpoon point.
Event Date 1996
Author: Guey-Mei Hsu

Context (References)
Alfonso, C. & Kershaw, M. (2001) 'Gelam Nguzu Kazi - Dugong My Son'. Mua Island: Torres Strait via Thursday Island. The Australian Art Print Network, pp. 26-27.

Update: 'The illustration on p.27 of this exhibition catalogue is slightly different from the collection at the MAA. It is a black and white print, but with orange-red pigment on some of the animals and the masked man figure. Guey-Mei Hsu 30/10/2024'
Event Date 2001
Author: Guey-Mei Hsu