The linear design in the painting represents nyimparra, which are hand crafted hair-string belts or skirts, worn by the Pintupi Aboriginal Women during ceremonies, at the rock hole site of Lupul, south of Kintore, Aboriginal Art Regions of Central Australia.

If you would like to know more about Womens Hair String Ceremony and the relationship with Aboriginal Art and culture, please read the following articles:

Aboriginal Women
Awelye (Women's Ceremony) Art
Aboriginal Music
Kintore and Kiwirrkurra: Aboriginal Art from the Western Desert