Lot 146: THANCOUPIE BORN CIRCA 1937 GUIREE - THE FLYING FOXES 2000 height: 33 5 cm Raku clay stoneware pot, manganese and iron decoration Provenance: Executed in the artist's studio at Trinity Beach, Far North Queensland Exhibited: Thancoupie, Brisbane City

THANCOUPIE BORN CIRCA 1937 GUIREE - THE FLYING FOXES 2000 height: 33 5 cm Raku clay stoneware pot, manganese and iron decoration Provenance: Executed in the artist's studio at Trinity Beach, Far North Queensland Exhibited: Thancoupie, Brisbane City Gallery, Brisbane, 2001 and Cairns Regional Gallery, Cairns 2001 William Mora Galleries, Melbourne, September 2001 Literature: Thancoupie, Brisbane City Gallery, Brisbane 2001, illus. p.1 According to accompanying documentation, 'The story concerns two boys who stole flying foxes from some hunters. The men slept while they cooked flying foxes in the ground oven. Flying fox meat is taboo for uninitiated youths. The sky suddenly filled with flying foxes as they carried the boys into the stars. Today they are the Gemini twins and remind the young people to respect the tribal laws and their elders'. An image of this work featured as the illustration on the banners that hung on the City Hall facade for the artist's survey retrospective at the Brisbane City Gallery and also on the invitation to her exhibition at William Mora Galleries.