Acrylic on paper
Signed on the back.
Naderrh is a spirit which lives in the stone country and likes to hunt emus. The West Arnhem Land stone country people call the emu "kurdukadji", whereas the general Kunwinjku word is "ngurrurdu". The emu, Dromaius Novaehollandiae, belongs to the Wurrbbarn clan. Naderrh is often depicted with bokko (serrated spear) and belhbarn (ironwood shovel-nosed spear). Sometimes he is shown with a handful of leafy branches. These as for disguise, as he sneaks up on the emu.