Bill Harney

53 AM 5718/08
Bill Harney Gilling Gilling 2008
Acrylic on Galacia linen 540 x 570mm SOLD
Two Gilling Gilling old men - Walungurin - also with them Burrup Burrup. Kidney fat men. One with spear and
other with boomerang. And he's got a Ligari (shield). Both wearing Kajola - spikey pointy headdress. Both
have Gulumbung forehead band. One lbow down and hand up with boomerang. He's holding spear across.
Right hand side leg up and feet down, other legs wide open and loin cloth. They're jumpy - bouncin' round.
Doing the Walungurin dance. Walung is a good dancer. The Gilling Gilling are all at Victoria River in
Wardaman country in the caves. They still live in the caves today and they come out at night time and make a
lot of noise. They're downstream from the pub and bridge at Victoria River. There's lots of white paint on the
walls of those caves and in the Creation time they're dancing and doing all sorts of tricks.