Djert (The Sea Eagle), c.1960, natural earth pigments on eucalyptus bark, 90.0 x 47.0 cm, sold by Sotheby’s, Melbourne, 28 June 1999, lot 46


This painting depicts totemic animals associated with the site of Djarrakpi in Manggalili country on Cape Shield . The central figure with leaves is a kanyawu native cashew tree with a guwak (Koel) at the top. You can see a marngu possum climbing up the tree to the right and a garanyirryirr cicada and at the bottom biyay goannas. The snake is a Yirritja moiety snake that swims along the coast off Djarrakpi