Cockatoo totem and yam stick - Wawilag story
BOPANI: artist
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This painting is for the Wawilak story. On the left hand side of the bark is the cockatoo totem and on the right hand side is the Wawilak yam stick. The small horozontal bars represent the streams running into the Mirrimina lagoon.The hatched background represents the runoff from the rain caused by Yurlungurr, the serpent that swallowed the Wawilak. Bopani belongs to the Liyagalawumirri mala, dua moiety. This painting represents the Dua Narra ceremony. EIBO-1A / 1988/523 is the cockatoo totem pictured.
Title
Cockatoo totem and yam stick - Wawilag story
Artist/Maker and role
BOPANI: artist
Medium
ochres on eucalyptus bark
Measurements
17 x 38cm
Credit line
Purchased through the Western Australian Government, 1988
The State Art Collection, The Art Gallery of Western Australia
Accession number
1988/0527