Tea Towel with Orchid Man Artwork by Eddie Kepple

Description

Orchid Man Tea Towel by Eddie Keppel

• Printed in Far North Queensland, Australia
• This tea towel is screen printed onto a material that’s a linen cotton mix.
• Dimensions: Height  105 cm x width  50 cm
• Artwork is from Eddie Keppel’s Orchid Man linocut.
• Eddie Keppel is a Munkan man living in Pormpuraaw, Far North Queensland, working out of the Pormpuraaw Arts and Cultural Centre.
• Orchid Man Artwork story: When we go fishing and camping in my country we’ve got to give our underarm smell to every stranger that comes along with us. If strangers hunt animals, catch fish or find long necked turtle, or yam in the ground, they’ll be protected from being speared by my totem, the orchid man. This is because all this belongs to him, that his bush tucker. If he finds strangers hunting or digging in his land, he’ll spear them.
• This Orchid Man Tea Towel is from Kick Arts  Blaq Flair Collection, Far North Queensland – Blak Flair is a KickArts creative merchandise project that has been generously supported by the Christensen Fund. The project aims to develop a collection of merchandise that portrays the work of Indigenous artists from Far North Queensland, to promote their work and cultural importance to the broader community.