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Dennis Nona ( Badu Island ) - Gapu Dhangal
Gapu Dhangal
Dennis Nona
(Badu Island)
Torres Strait
2004

Etching edition of 99
32"x 41" framed

$1,225.00 CDN with custom frame
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Gapu Dhangal means Sucker Fish and Dugong in western Torres Strait language. This is one of the traditional ways of hunting for dugongs in the western Torres Strait Islands. A rope made out of coconut fibres is tied to the Sucker Fish and then released into the water where the hunters know the Dugong are feeding. The Sucker Fish attaches itself to the Dugong, and then the hunters follow the Dugong until it is weak and finally the hunters harpoon it.