Possum Dreaming A16294 Pegleg Tjampitjinpa While at Wirrulnga the women

While at Wirrulnga the women also make spun hair-string with which to make Nyimparra (hair string skirts)

The story was passed to her by her mother and shows the topographical layout of the land and water holes that play a vital source to the traditional Aboriginal people

Two Kangaroos of the same age

approx 800km west of Alice Springs in Central Australia

located 200 km west of Alice Springs in Central Australia

Possum Dreaming A16294 Pegleg Tjampitjinpa While at Wirrulnga the womenYear: 2009 Size: 90 x 120cm acrylic on linen This is Paddy Stewart Tjapaltjarri's depiction of Janganpa Jukurrpa or Possum Dreaming. This story tells of the journeys made by a possum ancestor who travelled all over the Warlpiri lands during the Dreamtime. Possums (Janganpa) were frequently found across much of Warlpiri country, however due to feral cats and the introduction cattle and other feral animals, the possum has become extinct in these areas.