PETER B MORRISON | ‘Turtle Feeding’ | Pen + Ink drawing Philomena Yeatman Mergai (bush berry)

Mergai (bush berry)

This is my stylized version of how I picture a design on the traditional rainforest shields

and imitate

however only one – the hawksbill turtle – was used for mask making

PETER B MORRISON | ‘Turtle Feeding’ | Pen + Ink drawing Philomena Yeatman Mergai (bush berry)Peter Bertie Morrison was born on Thursday Island and grew up in Cairns. After he finished school, like many Torres Strait Islanders at the time, he moved to Western Australia to work on the railways. This work saw him travelling Australia for work for many years, before he returned to his familys place, Wug Village, Saint Pauls Community on Moa Island in the Western Island cluster. This is where I learnt our traditional customs, on the Island. My