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51 AM 3969/06
Lloyd Shepherd Tjakamarra Warrakurna 2006
Acrylic on canvas 500 x 1000mm $1150
Lloyd has painted some of the country of his father and grandfather, located far to the south of Balgo. This country is called Warrakurna,
near the Giles Meteorological Station. The painting illustrates a story of Lloyd's grandfather. When his grandfather was out hunting many
years ago he passed a pinki, or cave. He heard a baby crying from the cave. The grandfather became frightened and threw his spear in at
the spirit baby, spearing him in the groin. The grandfather ran away, but the baby was not harmed by the spear. The baby's spirit grew
into a cousin of Lloyd's. If you travel through that country, you can see where that hill with the pinki is.