Alick Tipoti

Mawa Wagel means Mawa (mask) after or later. I try to capture how I would have created this mask had I not been influenced by today’s modern, western society. Such masks were usually carved out of a certain tree that we call Wapadh that grows on most of the island in the Torres Strait. Edition Size: 50 Medium: Linocut Original Created: N / A, N/A on January, 2006 Print Published: Brisbane, QLD on January, 2007 Printer: David Jones, T. Jackek Rybinski Studio: Under The House Of Art Paper: Magnani Orientation: Portrait Paper Height: 1,210 mm ( 47.6″ ) Paper Width: 810 mm ( 31.9″ ) Image Height: 1,000 mm ( 39.4″ ) Image Width: 550 mm ( 21.7″ )