Bill Harney Law of the Wardaman People

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Bill Harney Gilling Gilling 2008 Acrylic on Galacia linen 540 x 570mm SOLD
Two Gilling Gilling - Gudgeri. They got bead necklace each, 2 elbow up and hand down doing Bundimi dance. They have
wavy headdress Bilbilb - like fan. 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.
 
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