Baroonggool, totems from the sea eagle Junba by Sam Woolagoodja

“When we dance we stamp the ground waking up the spirit. The sounds of the clapsticks echo through the Country and the spirit comes up when they hear it.” Worrorra songman and leader Sam Woolagoodja, created the totems of this junba. Depicted as sea eagle and night jar, they represent the two moieties to which everyone belongs, and across which they marry, signifying how the families are connected through culture and law.