Djalu Gurruwiwi:
Yidaki: A perspective from Northeast Arnhemland
Djalu is "senior Galpu clansman" and the custodian of Yidakis and is therefore associated with sacred things, a man of high rank in the social welfare of the Australian Aboriginees. Also an excellent Yidaki player, teacher and maker, his instruments have a worldwide legendary reputation. His singular pieces sell for high prices on the collectors' market. The themes of his chapter are:
- The ancient method of Yidaki construction
- The hand tools of the ancient manufacturing process - Learning to play Yidaki
- The sacred origin of Yidakis
