The painting depicts the ceremonial sites created and shaped by the Tingari ancestors, as they travelled across the Western Desert.

The Tingari ancestors performed ceremonies and instilled law and culture to the Pintupi Aboriginal people of the Western Desert.

• The concentric circles represent ceremonial sites

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 Spirituality
• Aboriginal People
• Aboriginal Symbols and their Meanings
• Kintore and Kiwirrkurra: Aboriginal Art from the Western Desert
• Papunya Tula Aboriginal Art Movement