Summary

The elongated shapes in the painting represent guluwirri, the sacred palm tree, and in the centre is djarrka, a water monitor. The broken lines around the freshwater lizard represent flowing water running through roots of these palms. It is a segment in the larger epic story of the Wagilag Sisters and the sacred waterhole at Mirarrmina.

Physical Description

A single sheet of bark (Stringybark, Eucalytpus tetrodonta) painted with natural pigments.

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