The story of Sesserae transformed into a "Willy Bergeronnette" bird and that of clan fishing rights is told by the Wakiad clan from the island of Badu. It's an abstract, dreamlike presentation that requires the intervention of a narrator to fully understand the meaning of the tale and its implications for Torres Strait culture.

This story introduces us to Willy Bergeronnette by telling us about the transformation of a man into a cheeky, cunning bird who doesn't like to share with others. But this tale also explains how the Torres Strait islanders were given the gift of catching and cooking the dugong (a type of manatee), and also of building a 'nath' - a fishing platform erected at sea on the beds of seaweed on which the dugongs feed.

From an artistic point of view, this print is dense and the key protagonists of this legend are graphically represented as individual actors, discreetly sketched and as if woven together to form a fascinating visual pattern.

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