The painting depicts the tracks of the Women Ancestors, as they danced and travelled over sandhills (red dots), spinifex (yellow dots) and claypans significant in the area of Mina Mina, north-west of Yuendumu, Aboriginal Art Regions of Central Australia.

To learn more about Aboriginal Women and their Awelye ceremonies visit our art and culture section.

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.