A sweeping, large-scale woven sail, once used on fishing boats between Arnhem Land and Indonesia prior to colonisation, has won first prize in the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Awards.
A sweeping, large-scale woven sail, once used on fishing boats between Arnhem Land and Indonesia prior to colonisation, has won first prize in the prestigious National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Awards.
Six other artists have won category prizes including bark painting and multi-media works, picked from 63 finalists from over 200 entries., with $190,000 in the prize pool overall and a doubling of the top prize to $100,000.The major prize this year went to senior Yolngu artist Margaret Rarru Garrawurra for Dhomala .Indulkana artist Betty Muffler won the General Painting Award with a piece titled Ngangkari Ngura .
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