ALVIN GAVENOR | 'Kajawur - Dance Hat' (3) | Artefact Maldives Artworks Book and Citizen's Gateway to the

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

His traditional homelands are south of Aurukun: Aayk

edition of 5

Cairns in August 2010 to coincide with the 2010 Cairns Indigenous Art Fair

Paper size: 670 x 600 mm

ALVIN GAVENOR | 'Kajawur - Dance Hat' (3) | Artefact Maldives Artworks Book and Citizen's Gateway to the"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