HEATHER KOOWOOTHA | 'Yuk Yaumen - Digging Stick Installation' | Timber / feathers / acrylic paints / ochres Leaf which are waiting to feed

which are waiting to feed on the smaller fish

Travelling Yarns

a formidable foe

pen and ink on archival paper

Languages: Torres Strait Creole

HEATHER KOOWOOTHA | 'Yuk Yaumen - Digging Stick Installation' | Timber / feathers / acrylic paints / ochres Leaf which are waiting to feed"Yuk Yauman is the Language name for the digging stick story. Before time, there was a couple who swam across the big river at Knox. The women had a digging stick that she decided to throw into the water. As soon as the stick hit the water a big sand bank formed. The same sand bank is there today. This story is part of my Clan group who are the Apelech people. The markings on the sticks are Apelech Clan designs. My Dad was from the Apelech Clan. He