Lot 35

Hulley, C. E., Ainslie Roberts and the Dreamtime, J. M. Dent Publishing, Victoria, 1988, p. 140 (illus.)

Roberts, D., and Roberts, A., Shadows in the Mist, Art Australia, South Australia, 1989, p. 79 (illus.)

"Crows have been designated by their Dreamtime ancestors to be the keepers of the west wind. The crows have kept this wind confined within a great hollow log. But the great log is slowly decaying, and one of the Aborigines' fears is that, one day, the log will not be strong enough to hold the west wind; it will come apart to release a great hurricane that will destroy the whole earth and all things that live upon it." [excerpt, pg. 78]