Travelling Women A15739 Kathleen Ngale She was half-sister to renowned

She was half-sister to renowned artist Turkey Tjupurrula Tolson (dec) and was also a custodian of the Kulata (Spear) Tjukurrpa/dreaming story

The custodians of the dreaming (Jukurrpa) are men of the Jangala/Tjampitjinpa skin groups

The cross shape in the middle of the painting shows the paths travelled by the Emu - Tennant Creek to the North (bottom right hand corner)

Shrubs such as the honey grevillea which are yellow and orange

This Dreaming is from the east

Travelling Women A15739 Kathleen Ngale She was half-sister to renownedYear: 2009 Size: 121. 5 x 182. 5cm acrylic on linen This painting shows Nellies depiction of Travelling Women, and her country at Kintore approx 530km west of Alice Springs in Central Australia. The painting was passed to Nellie by her mother a Warlpiri woman. It shows the Warlpiri and Luritja women as they travel through their country for looking for water. The circles represent the rock pools (Puli), the site of water. The iconography surrounding