Justine Nelson Nakamarra belongs to one of the most renowned Central Australian desert art communities, that of Yuendumu, where contemporary Aboriginal painting emerged in the 1970s alongside Papunya.

She depicts here the Dream - or Jukurrpa - of the Ancestor Yarla (a wild edible potato), associated with the Cockatoo Creek site, located east of Yuendumu. According to legend, during the Dreamtime – the mythic period of creation for the Aboriginal people - Ancestor Yarla and Ancestor Wapirti (bush carrot) confronted each other near Ngarparapunyu, a sacred swamp. No further details of this Dream are known, as it is reserved for initiated people.

The concentric shapes represent the sacred swamp, while the red waves across the canvas likely symbolize the campfires around which Aboriginal people still gather today to celebrate this Dream.