Ceramicist whose pottery was informed by the artist's sense of clay's sacred purpose within traditional ceremonial life at the artist's home in Weipa. Her pots were etched and painted with linear animal and human forms drawn from Thaynakwith stories. Thanakupi passed away in 2011.
Automatic relation to Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, NSW created because A10976 Pot, 'Guiree (Nggwiighi) fighting stick and fire', hand built stoneware, carved, oxide decoration, Thancoupie, Trinity Bay, Queensland, Australia, 1984 was related to the same collection. -
June 18, 2015, 10:43 a.m.
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