ALEX DAWIA | 'Kuna Siuwai Pokong' | A book of Medicinal plants from Siwai in Papua New Guinea Joseph Au Flinders University Museum of Art

Flinders University Museum of Art and Griffith University Art Museum

Land cultivation was practised to some extent throughout the Torres Strait

Published by Djumbunji Press KickArts Fine Printmaking

curator and as a highly informed representative of his people saw him appointed in 1999 to the Board of Trustees of the Queensland Art Gallery as its youngest member and the first Torres Strait Islander on the governing body of Queensland’s premier visual arts organisation

The traditional rainforest shields incorporate bold designs which are truly unique

ALEX DAWIA | 'Kuna Siuwai Pokong' | A book of Medicinal plants from Siwai in Papua New Guinea Joseph Au Flinders University Museum of ArtAlex Dawia, 'Kuna Siuwai Pokong' A book of Medicinal plants from Siwai in Papua New Guinea. First Published in 2018 'Ho mi ho kui ngung pekongTokunnoi riku, hoko kukareiho kui pokokg takuniai rihetong. Uwa ko, Hai nekong hongowa 'a nahamong, ho kui pokong mi, ho pokong itakai yi haha a roro ngo tawah Ho Korokoro rori hungyu, hoko musimang nekong toku topo inakaraei'. In translation: 'When you loose the traditional name, you lose the knowledge of the