“This painting is my totem and I am part of Galpu Clan. The painting is about the Wurrkadi. The Wurrkadi come out from the ground because they smell the yams or food (stingray in this story) and eat it. The Birrtji Gundirr, the dots along the straight lines represent the hills and the edible clay. The witchetty grubs spit on the sand and this is shown by the white cross-hatching. In the middle are black circles. This represents the body of the old, dead witchetty grubs and also the
coals from the fire where the Yolngu were sitting around eating the yams. The dots around them represent the young witchetty grubs.
(Source: Story told by the Artist. Elcho Island Art & Craft)