This painting depicts designs associated with the claypan site of Kirrimalunya, north of Wilkinkarra (Lake Mackay) in Western Australia. In ancestral times two young ngangkaris, or traditional healers, lived at this site and travelled great distances to use their healing powers. Healing power is generally acquired by ngangkaris by the time they are around ten years old. While at Kirrimalunya the boys gathered mungilypa or samphire from the small fleshy sub-shrub Tecticornia verrucosa. The seeds from this plant can be ground into a paste which is then cooked in the coals to form a type of unleavened bread. This mythology forms part of the Tingari Song Cycle. Since events associated with the Tingari Cycle are of a secret nature no further detail was given. Generally, the Tingari are a group of ancestral beings of the Dreaming who travelled over vast stretches of the country, performing rituals and creating and shaping particular sites. The Tingari men were usually followed by Tingari women and were accompanied by novices, and their travels and adventures are enshrined in a number of song cycles. These ancestral stories form part of the teachings of the post initiatory youths today as well as providing explanations for contemporary customs.