T-shirt, Tradition

$39.95
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Colour: caramel
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size: XS

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Artist Thumbnail Image Authentic Indigenous artwork by First Nations artist Glen Mackie. Read further →

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"Aboriginal lore was passed on through the generations through songs, stories, and dance, governing all aspects of traditional life."

Glen Mackie

Tradition


Glen Mackie is a First Nations artist and printmaker, a proud Iama man, currently residing on Yidinji Country (Queensland).

This design is about the lore* of the land. The man with the eagle wings is the holy man. He is the teacher. He holds the lore and teaches the lore. The Rainbow Serpent created the land and animals, which is a common creation story used across the Australian mainland and islands by its Indigenous people.

The man with the ‘Warup’ drum is teaching you about the Southern Cross constellation. As a Torres Strait Islander, my people call this constellation ‘Tagai’. It is a calendar for us, still used today, passed down from generation to generation. It was verbally taught to us about the land and sea.

*The term 'lore' refers to the customs and stories the Aboriginal peoples learned from the Dreamtime. Aboriginal lore was passed on through the generations through songs, stories, and dance, governing all aspects of traditional life.

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Beverley K.
I dreamed a dreaming

About three years ago, I dreamed I found this spirit man in my kitchen, flitting in the air between dimensions, using my place as a short cut, and I "caught him" in my eye. Stumbling across him on a tshirt stopped me in my tracks. My version of how he looked is slightly different, but I knew he's the same one. I feel the strength of my dream having this tshirt. Might need to get the brown one too
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