Bia

Story: Bia, an aborigine (kawaig), lived at Cowal Creek on Cape York Peninsula. He ate fish and wild yams (saur). He had magical powers. Every day he walked along the beach, either south to the mouth of the Jardine River, or north to Red Island Point, and he always took his spear (dikun) with him, a spear which had some of his own magic power in it. He used to throw the spear ahead of him, walk to it, pick it up and throw it again, all the way there and back.(...) On the way back from Red Island Point one day his spear landed at Alau, skidded along the sand and buried itself to its full length just above the beach. Bia followed its tracks and found it; when he pulled it out, water gushed from the hole. There has been a spring of water at that spot ever since.

Price: AUD$1,500.00

Medium: Linocut Kaidaral Edition Size: 85

Paper Height: 1,200 mm ( 47.2" ) Paper Width: 800 mm ( 31.5" )

tem Number: TFLDN049