De schildering (figuren op donkere achtergrond in roodbruin en wit) is alhier tegen afschilfering gefixeerd. Gulbarngainj is lid van de clan van de Murumurungun, maar zijn moeder was lid van de clan van Jirkari River, wier totem deze soort van katvissen (wara-mitelrungu) is. Hij noemt de totem dan ook moeder.<BR> <BR> Painting on hardboard by the Nunggubuju artist Gulbarngainj (Jackie-Jackie) of Rose River, south-east Arnhem Land, 1964. Gulbarngainj was of the Murumurungun clan, but his mother was of the Jirkari River clan. The catfish, wara-mitelrungu, depicted here are totem animals of that clan. This explains the painting's title, 'Mother'. (Exhibition Catalogue: Australia, the Land, the People (2005)).