CLAPSTICKS, 2016
stringy bark, charcoal, bees wax
In June 2016 the Wadawurung People performed a corroboree showcasing Indigenous culture and in an act of celebration, attendees were invited to join in a dance around the ceremony fire at the end of the evening. This was the first time a traditional corroboree had been performed in Ballaarat since the 1850’s.
Sarah Jane Hall has crafted this set of clap sticks in the traditional ways of the Narungga People by using sharpened volcanic stone to strip the bark and shape the stringybark timber and used shark skin to sand it smooth. The artist has burnt artwork on the clapsticks that depict two people sitting at a camp fire.
Mixed with Wadawurrung Country harvested bees wax, the ends of these clapsticks carry the ash from the Wadawurrung corroboree in June 2016 - the first corroboree held in Ballaarat in over 160 years.
This pair of clapsticks will forever carry the story of this corroboree.
CLAPSTICKS, 2016
stringy bark, charcoal, bees wax
In June 2016 the Wadawurung People performed a corroboree showcasing Indigenous culture and in an act of celebration, attendees were invited to join in a dance around the ceremony fire at the end of the evening. This was the first time a traditional corroboree had been performed in Ballaarat since the 1850’s.
Sarah Jane Hall has crafted this set of clap sticks in the traditional ways of the Narungga People by using sharpened volcanic stone to strip the bark and shape the stringybark timber and used shark skin to sand it smooth. The artist has burnt artwork on the clapsticks that depict two people sitting at a camp fire.
Mixed with Wadawurrung Country harvested bees wax, the ends of these clapsticks carry the ash from the Wadawurrung corroboree in June 2016 - the first corroboree held in Ballaarat in over 160 years.
This pair of clapsticks will forever carry the story of this corroboree.