152cm x 121cm

Acrylic on linen

This Dreaming describes the journey of a group of women who travelled east gathering food and Ngalyipi, which is the snake vine that grows up the Desert Oak trees. It is used for a ceremonial rope when making witi poles. (The poles are used in the initiation ceremonies for the young men). The women performed ceremonies on their journeys; they eventually finished beyond Walpiri country. In the painting the wavy lines represent the Ngalyipi and the circles represent an edible fungus called Desert Truffle. The concentric circles represent the Desert Oaks, water holes and rock formations at Mina Mina. The U shapes represent the women sitting around their fires with digging sticks preparing bush tucker for the ceremony.