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Description: This painting shows a waterhole (bilabong) with many big fish (guuya - pronounced goo ya). There is also a very large and therefore very old eel (jirribang eel). There are four hunters around the waterhole. They are sitting down quietly blending into their surroundings. They have spears and boomerangs with them close at hand as they can see the tracks of a large ground goona (dhuuleeyn - pronounced too leey n). The goanna entered from the left, swan across the waterhole and exited to the right. The dots represent the ground and foliage around the hunters. With traditional Aboriginal art, only the important information is used. Dots can represent many things, such as ants, sand, rock, airflow or waterflow.

Pieces

Total number of pieces: 15

Number of unique pieces: 4

• 12 pieces
• 1 jigsaw board
• 1 carrycase
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