The painting depicts a mythical woman named Tubishikay, an unmarried woman who found the penis-sheath left by a python when it left its lair to go hunting floating in the pool whilst foraging in the forest. Thinking it to be a fish, she took it home to eat but when she tried to cook it, the ‘fish’ refused to cook and several times, the ‘fish’ leapt off the flame and on to the ground. The woman became impatient and ate the ‘fish’ raw and when the python returned to his lair and discovered his penis-sheath missing, he was informed by other spirits that it was taken by the young woman. The python tracked to her house and told her parents that because she had eaten his penis-sheath, she had to marry him.