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Mokko

 

Burruwal has carved and painted an estuarine crocodile, called mokko in Rembarrnga.

 The overall shape was carved using a saw and chisel, a knife being used to carve the crocodile’s scales holes for the teeth (Whittled from Kurrujong ) were burnt into the crocodile’s jaws using pieces of hot wire.

Mokko is totemically significant for a number of clans belonging to the Rembarrnga ,Kune and Burarra language groups. These include Balngarra Burruwal’s clan Bununggu Burruwal’s wife’s clan Warrayhngu and Galngawurr.

Mokko belongs to the yirrija moiety and is associated with a chain of significant sites (Gamerdi,Kunidjangga, Kiwidji and Nimirrili) which lie in Rembarrnga, Kune and Burarra country.