GOOMPI'S GIRL | 'Woven Basket' | Raffia / lacquered Ari sulam ka (calling on the rain) of both temporary and permanent

of both temporary and permanent natures

Simmer until fish is cooked

who travel around each island telling that there was a strike on and everyone need to stop working

with the markings in each circle being significant

GOOMPI'S GIRL | 'Woven Basket' | Raffia / lacquered Ari sulam ka (calling on the rain) of both temporary and permanent"My name is Nicole Chatfield (nee Enoch) born and raised in Cairns, Far North Queensland and I am Yirrganydji (Cairns to Port Douglas) and Nughi (Stradbroke Moreton Island) Aboriginal woman. My artist name is Goompis Girl proudly given to me by my dad who was given that name by his elders from North Stradbroke Island. I was born and raised in Cairns and moved to Brisbane to study Aboriginal Art at the Queensland Colledge of Art in 1999 and remain