Boonwurrung and Barkindji man, Mitch Mahoney has created two bark canoes, a red gum canoe and a river reed canoe, and was guided through proper cultural processes and protocols by Barkindji artist David Doyle including learning collecting bark for the canoe and healing the tree with mud.
Focusing on cultural revitalisation, the artist has also made a possum skin cloak honouring his mother’s culture which he learned over years working with his mentor and aunt Mutti Mutti, Yorta Yorta and Boonwurrung / Wemba Wemba woman Maree Clarke.
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