NETTA LOOGATHA | ‘Fish Net – Mijilda II' | Painting / acrylic on linen board Moa Island Authors: Russell Milledge

Authors: Russell Milledge

Hannah Parker

I in Love Am Grown' | Exhibition Catalogue

located between the tip of Cape York Peninsula and Papua New Guinea

Details: JOHN WILLIAMS | 'Body Painting' | Painting / Acrylic on Canvas | 121 x 91 cm / JW10033-C1215 / Certificate of Authenticity provided

NETTA LOOGATHA | ‘Fish Net – Mijilda II' | Painting / acrylic on linen board Moa Island Authors: Russell Milledge"Fish nets were made from native hibiscus fiber, which is very common. The fiber was stripped from the branches and soaked in the sand near the running water creek. After three to four weeks it was taken up, dried, and then processed into a string, and finally woven into a fish net. These were then used to trap large sea prey such as dugongs and turtles." "I was only a small child when our people were brought to Mornington Island and forced to live in