Lot 285: MICK KUBARKKU BORN CIRCA 1922 YAWK YAWK WATER SPIRITS C.1975 97 by 53 cm Natural earth pigments on eucalyptus bark Bears artist's name, language group (Kuninjku), catalogue number M392 on label on the reverse Provenance: Painted at Gobomme outstation

MICK KUBARKKU BORN CIRCA 1922 YAWK YAWK WATER SPIRITS C.1975 97 by 53 cm Natural earth pigments on eucalyptus bark Bears artist's name, language group (Kuninjku), catalogue number M392 on label on the reverse Provenance: Painted at Gobomme outstation for Maningrida Arts and Crafts Private collection, South Australia The label on the reverse reads in part: ' Yowg Yowg (sic) Water Spirits in the Nagulmaru clan, totemic rock pool about half a mile upstream from the Gubumi rockhole on the upper Mann R. (river). The Yowg Yowg live under rock ledges deep in the water. In this section of the river there are many underground channels through which the river runs, when the first floods come the water makes a strange noise rushing through the channels and this is said to be the voices of the women.'