Wrapped in a Possum Skin Cloak by the Lake exhibition is
The AIATSIS Possum Skin Cloak. Designed and created by Lee Darroch a Yorta Yorta, Mutti Mutti and Boon Wurrung artist, the AIATSIS possum skin cloak tells the story of AIATSIS as a national cultural institution. Completed in 2017, this is the first time the story of AIATSIS has been represented in an Indigenous cultural form. Possum Skin Cloaks - Culture Victoria Continuing the practice of making and wearing possum skin cloaks has strengthened cultural identity and spiritual healing in Aboriginal communities across Victoria. Embodying 5,000 years of tradition, cultural knowledge and ritual, wearing a possum skin cloak can be an emotional experience. What designers can learn from Aboriginal possum skin cloaks Mar 29, 2015 Australian Dress Register - Possum skin cloak Cloak made of 22 full and one quarter rectangular skins of of the brush tail possum (TRICHOSURUS VULPECULA) and one skin of the grey kangaroo (MACROPUS CANGURU). The skins are laid in four rows of six each, sewn on the skin side, edge to edge, with a very fine cord of cotton sinew.
A Possum Skin Cloak | Australian Institute of Aboriginal
Reading the possum skin cloak - Museums Victoria The Yorta Yorta Possum Skin Cloak Watch and Listen. Think and Write. Why is the river important to Yorta People? How is this cloak a map of country? How do the elders feel about this cloak? How are they connected to their culture? The Lake Condah Possum Skin Cloak Watch and Listen.
Possum skin cloaks then and now – same same but different
• Possum skin cloaks are one of the most sacred cultural expressions of south-eastern Aboriginal peoples (Victoria and NSW tribes). • Making a possum skin cloak is an act of storytelling and map-making and the very thing being mapped is identity of the wearer. Reading the possum skin cloak - Museums Victoria The Yorta Yorta Possum Skin Cloak Watch and Listen. Think and Write. Why is the river important to Yorta People? How is this cloak a map of country? How do the elders feel about this cloak? How are they connected to their culture? The Lake Condah Possum Skin Cloak Watch and Listen. Culture is healing: The making of a possum skin cloak Jun 28, 2017 First possum skin cloak workshop | Northern Health