PAUL BONG | 'Cutting Off 1900' | 2026 | Hand coloured intaglio etching | H 1120 x W 800 mm Nina Lavarini Dawson sawuraw bay koey kakal yawoeyayk

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Paul Bong (Bindur Bullin) is a Yidinji Man whose family is from the Russel River region south of Cairns

Like many things that are timeless

zircon / lacquer

The hats are worn during dancing and ceremonies by men only

PAUL BONG | 'Cutting Off 1900' | 2026 | Hand coloured intaglio etching | H 1120 x W 800 mm Nina Lavarini Dawson sawuraw bay koey kakal yawoeyaykThe fourth print in the series, Cutting the feet off, 1900 represents all Indigenous Australians massacred on the colonial frontier. In a statement about the work the artist writes: 'The bottom of the fragment on the shield is missing, representing all indigenous Aboriginals massacred for treasons unknown, ambushed, raped, shot and burnt. As one might call it "separating the civilized from their civilization. PAUL BONG 'Cutting Off 1900' 2026 Hand