Bill Harney

This painting shows a numbers of message sticks. The top one is darngindi which means a letter stick. It means come to a meeting. The right hand stick is noorngarngna – it means just come. Ulpun at the bottom means decoration – you have to come all dressed up. Mardin at the left is sending word to come. Badardi in the middle is the ceremony or meeting place. The tracks all around are many people’s footprints – burr-burr.