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NARRITJIN MAYMURU (1922 - 1981) GUWAK, MARNGU AND BIYAY AT DJARRAKPI, c.1960 natural earth pigments on eucalyptus bark 40.0 x 9.0 cm (irregular) PROVENANCE Collected in 1961 James A. Davidson, Melbourne Private collection, Melbourne Deutscher and Hackett, Melbourne, 14 October 2009, lot 30 Private collection, New South Wales RELATED WORK 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