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Bill Harney Gilling Gilling 2008
Acrylic on Galacia linen 540 x 570mm $650
Two older men Gilling Gilling wearing pointy headdress Kajoula. One's got Kalumbung all in white - other white
and red in middle. Big ears like bat - Walang. They were doing the Walungin dance. One had elbow down and
hand up - other elbow down and hand & shonky bone in arm. Other had two arms crossed - called Muruba.
Moving his shoulder and then he's folding his legs. This is the Walungin dance. 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.