The artworks refers to Women's Dreaming. The small dashes depicted
represent karlangu .

In the Dreamtime, the emergence of karlangu equipped the Mina Mina ancestral women for their journey across the country to the significant site Mina Mina and nearby sites, defining their tracks.

If you would like to know more about Women's Dreaming and the relationship with Aboriginal Art and culture, please read the following articles or to view video footage of Aboriginal women dancing during their ceremony: -

• Aboriginal Women
• Aboriginal Dreamtime Stories
• Aboriginal Spirituality
• Yuendumu Aboriginal Art: Aboriginal Paintings from the Central Desert
• Video of Aboriginal Women dancing during ceremony

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 work.