Kayarrau Mab, Crayfish

Size: L52cm x W18cm x H9.5cm: Bronze

Medium:

$20,000.00 (Incl GST)

This is the story of the importance of the crayfish. We cook and eat it. We swim for it on the reef and then sell it to the local factory to support our families.

This bronze represents the crayfish walk from the coastal PNG, through the Torres Strait and down the east coast of Australia.

The crayfish (Kaiyar) is very important to the fishing industry in the Torres Straits with demand and value being so high on the market. This means many islanders are employed as deep water crayfish divers as well as many being skilled recreational divers for crayfish.

The 'Kaiyar' is found in all the Torres Strait reefs, and exported around the world today, but don't say where the crayfish came from originally. The 'Kaiyar' is labelled "Australian Tropical Rock Lobster" for the market.

Iona Gaidan