Thanakupi b. 1937

Also known as Thancoupie, Gloria James Fletcher
  • Artist (Sculptor),
  • Artist (Ceramist)
Ceramicist whose pottery was informed by the artist's sense of clay's sacred purpose within traditional ceremonial life at the artist's home in Weipa. Her pots were etched and painted with linear animal and human forms drawn from Thaynakwith stories. Thanakupi passed away in 2011.
creator of
Pot: (Orinde the Tortoise)
Date

Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, QLD

 
creator of
Mosquito corroboree
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Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW

 
creator of
Garth Eran and Evarth Eran
Date
 
creator of
A10976 Pot, 'Guiree (Nggwiighi) fighting stick and fire', hand built stoneware, carved, oxide decoration, Thancoupie, Trinity Bay, Queensland, Australia, 1984
Date
URL
http://from.ph/172281

A10976

 
creator of
A10979 Pot, 'Kembal and Po'o, Crocodile and Blue Tongue Lizard exchange teeth', handbuilt stoneware, carved, oxide decoration, Thancoupie, Trinity Bay, Queensland, Australia, [1984]
Date
URL
http://from.ph/172284

A10979