This painting depicts Balgabalga (Hammerhead shark) and Bula (Short sucker fish). Balgabalga is a significant totemic species for the Gupapuyngu people from Djiliwirri and is represented through songlines and storylines in which the Bula follows the Balgabalga like a shadow.
Name: Bradley Gaykumanu
Biography:
Bathi (Pandanus Basket) Bathi are woven from the split leaves of the Screw Palm (Pandanus Spiralis). Coil weaving was introduced to Arnhem Land in the 1930s. It was adapted from techniques used by Indigenous women Read more…
Raypiny Dhawu (Fresh Water Story) All Aboriginal people originate from a spiritual source, fixed in a particular place in their land or the sea. These ‘spiritual reservoirs’ are often in the form of special waterholes Read more…
