Dancing Lines Walala-tjapaltjarri-tag of the Walmajarri language group

of the Walmajarri language group was born at Wanywurtu under a tutujarti [desert walnut] tree

275 kms north-east of Alice Springs

Kathleen Petyarre

Barney Campbell Tjakamarra was born born circa 1928 at Kaylilwarra south Warbuton in the Gibson Desert of Western Australia and he died in December 2006

a very important women’s Dreaming site far to the west of Yuendumu near Lake Mackay and the WA border

Dancing Lines Walala-tjapaltjarri-tag of the Walmajarri language group4 Sisters, Minnie, Galya Emily and Molly painting Awelye Awelye Atnwengerrp the title of the painting refers to significant aspects of the life of the artists Minnie, Molly, Galya and Emily Pwerle . These are bush fruits, body paint, ceremonies, dancing lines and their homeland Atnwengerrp, a region of Utopia, some 250 km north west of Alice Springs in Central Australia. In their paintings, Minnie, Molly, Emily and Galya draw on the same dreamings.