Eip Kor Korr
About this object
Narrative
Erub Island is located in the Torres Strait Islands, north of Australia. Indigenous and non-Indigenous artists from the Erub Arts Collaborative have worked with ghost nets (abandoned fishing nets) to create sculptural marine life including coral, fish, turtles, sharks and jellyfish. Many of these creations were featured in an exhibtion called "Ghost Nets of the Ocean", in Australia, which brought to light the artists’ concerns for the environmental damage caused by rogue nets, and the irreparable harm that discarded nets cause to marine life. While creating the sculpture, the Erub Arts Collaborative artists decided this turtle would be a mid-sized female turtle, with the name Eip Kor Korr. Before being shipped to the Museum, the turtle was shipped to the Cairns Indigenous Art Fair, to be displayed alongside other 'ghost-net' sculptures.
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Date Made
2018
Date Acquired
23 Jul 2018
How Acquired
Sold
Credit Line
Purchase funded by the Michael O'Brian Family FoundationMore...
Measurements
Overall: 125 cm x 129 cm x 33.5 cm
Object Number
3306/1