Black Cockatoo cooking possum. Descriptive

Anthroplolgy acquisition A47255

Fish-like creatures and eggs swimming on brown background.
Multiple annotations

Inscription:
Strangler (Melville Islander man) 1
Black cocatoo (sic) was cooking possum. Lizard was very hungry, couldn't get any food, came to cockatoo, who gave him one possum. B.L. said doesn't like possum. B.C.gave him sugar bag. B.L. said no like. B.C. said thought you were hungry. B.L. said to B.C. I like you. B.C. said you are my brother. B.L. never mind, I'll be your sweet heart, did so. B.C. went back home, tell husband. Hawk irimu. He fought lizard.
He say, you sweetheart to your sister. Mary both we go bush.
B.L. find sugar bag, both men climb together.
H back to B.L. you go a bit further up the tree. Hawk and ?? Off B.L. fall down from top smashed him up. Next morning, he's a lizard all squashed out.
Black cockatoo and black lizard close to Cape Keats

CreatorCharles Pearcy Mountford
ControlAA 228/3/17
Quantity   1   Drawing
FormatsMounted Works of Art, Drawings
Series AA228/3