Dennis Nona

A sorcerer summons up a water spout (baiwa) seen as a circular aerial view at the left, then travels at night across the sky on a string that has tiger shark teeth tied at its end. This string is an invisible line, as fine as a spiders web. As the sorcerer travels, he places curses on certain people. The one at the right is dying, others are affected. This sand painting has to do with sorcery so not all details are told by the artist.

Media
Archival paper
Water spout – Fine yellow beach sand (butu-poey)
String – Red crushed ochre from the hills
Shark teeth – White crushed shells and sand
Figures – Fine sand marinated in mangrove bark juice
Spray – Sand marinated for 2 weeks in juice from green bush bananas that have been cooked and burnt over a fire (katam zura) – poisonous