The painting coveys the movement of the Mina Mina Women Dreaming Ancestors walking, dancing, and singing as they journeyed across salt Lake Mackay, a significant site near Yuendumu region in Central Australia. During their travels the Warlpiri women used digging sticks during their ceremonies and to gather aboriginal food.

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We recommended the book, DANCING UP COUNTRY, The art of Dorothy Napangardi, published by Museum of Contemporary Art, which illustrates in detail Dorothy Napangardi’s Dreamings.