Seven characterful white theewith (cockatoos) sit atop a yuk thanchal (milkwood tree) in Keith Wikmunea’s Theewith Yot. A! | Lots of White Cockatoo. Theewith are significant to Wikmunea as they are his puulwuy (father’s totem).

Aurukun carvings depict family and totems as inseparable entities, celebrating the bond between community and environment. For generations, Wik peoples have used milkwood trees to create ancestral artefacts and funerary or law poles. Wikmunea’s tree and base reflect the artist’s Thu’ Apalech people, from Cape York Peninsula; the rust and white ochres were sourced from Country, while the white dotting references designs traditionally painted on the body.