ALVIN GAVENOR | 'Kajawur - Dance Hat' (3) | Artefact Maldives Artworks Book Jirrbal and Djiru people

Jirrbal and Djiru people

and Religion of the Western Islanders

Wagedagam – Panay Buway

and Citizen's Gateway to the Great Barrier Reef also on the Esplanade

From September 2010 Robinson undertook a 12-month Artist in Residence at Djumbunji Press KickArts Fine Art Printmaking Studio located in Cairns

ALVIN GAVENOR | 'Kajawur - Dance Hat' (3) | Artefact Maldives Artworks Book Jirrbal and Djiru people"The dance hat is also called 'Kajawur' in our Lardil language. Human hair is spun into string and wound onto a bark frame. Frequently red ochre called Nguyinen is applied as decoration. The white clay is termed 'Kayal' and is also used as medicine and body paint during corroboree. Some artist acrylic paint is used. The hats are topped with emu feathers, which are not endemic to Mornington Island but were traded with mainland people. The hats are worn