The painting refers to the Tingari Ancestors, who were a group of mythical beings in the Dreamtime. They travelled over vast tracts of land through the Western Desert, creating and shaping important sites, performing ceremonies and rituals, which are of great significance to the Pintupi Aboriginal people of the Western Desert.

The Tingari women followed the Tingari men and were accompanied by novices. It is the Tingari men and women's travels and adventures that are enshrined in a number of song cycles.

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

• Aboriginal Culture
• Aboriginal Spirituality
• Kintore and Kiwirrkurra: Aboriginal Art from the Western Desert
• Papunya Tula Aboriginal Art Movement