The painting is associated with significant sites referring to Wala Wala, Kiwirrkurra, Lake MacKay, Kulkuta, Karku, Ngaluwinyamana and Kilpinya, the artist's ancestral country- north-west of Kintore, Aboriginal Art Regions of Central Australia.

The painting also depicts the Tingari Cycle, a group of ancestral spirit beings who performed ceremonies and instilled law and culture to the Pintupi people of the Western Desert.

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

• Kintore and Kiwirrkurra: Aboriginal Art from the Western Desert
• Aboriginal Dreamtime Stories
• Aboriginal Spirituality