The painting depicts the tracks of the Mina Mina women (ancestors), as they travelled on foot over sand-hills (red dots) and clay-pans to the significant site salt on Mina Mina (Lake Mackay), north-west of Yuendumu in Central Australia

Throughout their journey the women shaped the landscape with digging sticks and performed ceremonies, which embraced song lines and dance cycles.

If you would like to know more about the Sand Hills and the relationship with Aboriginal Art and culture, please read the following articles:

• Aboriginal Women
• Yuendumu Aboriginal Art: Aboriginal Paintings from the Central Art
• Song and Dance
• Video - Warlpiri women dancing during ceremonies

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