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Bill Harney Grass Owl Guyaru 2011
Natural ochre & pigment on canvas 460 x 560mm $440
Grass Owl ? Guyaru
Grass Owl, he was travelling right across the country with the Grasshopper People. He met the Grasshopper People. They
had a ceremony at a place called Congomia and then one of them, Jerragek ? the little log owl, was making a lot of sound ?
jerragek, jerragek ? and he sang out. The bush turkey was singing ceremony and night owl and all of them dance in
Congomia. And Grasshopper brought the yam called Margulu ? made by Netbun. That?s him ? big ceremony.
Congomia is not too far from the Moon Man rock art site. Guyaru features in a rock art site a short distance from the Moon
Man site in Bill?s country ? Wardaman country ? south west of Katherine.
 
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