Wayilkpa Maymuru
Milky Way Shining on the Sea
Image Size: 65.5 x 50.4cm; Paper Size: 84.7 x 66.7cm Hahnemuhle

ID: 3079-25

As told by the artist:

This is a Maŋgalili clan story. Up top are the Waŋupini (storm clouds). The Yolŋu are in the Lipalipa (boat), and on the beach they wait with Gara (spears). They are hunting for Gunyan (crabs) and Guya (fish). Ŋaliwarrkarr the sea monster lives underneath. 

From the sky the Milky Way shines onto the sea, where we find all these animals.