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Bidhiyaw Thonarr

Bidhiyaw Thonarr

AIONA TALA GAIDAN

Size: Paper Size: W450mm x H810mm, Image Size:W190mm x H580mm

Medium:

$440.00 (Incl GST)

This Artwork Bidhiyaw Thonarr (Squid Season/Time) is the season usually starts before christmas when the big monsoon arrives also known as Kuki (North West Winds)

Every creatures on land and sea have their own season where they will be plentyfull.

The Kuyup (Dragonfly) are an early indictation that its Bidhiyaw Thonarr. The Patterns around the Kuyup represents unity and also my siblings. The four vertical lines represent my brothers & I, and the three horizonal line represents my three sisters.

I have also included my clan totems which is the Thupmul, Dhangal (Dugong) and Koedal (Crocodile)

Aiona Gaidan

2022