Papunya Tjupi Arts

4 AM 5430/07
Isobel Major Possum Dreaming 2007
Acrylic on linen 610 x 915mm SOLD
Isobel has depicted a Possum Dreaming site to the north of Kintore (West of Papunya) and Kalipinya. The ‘E’
shapes are the tracks made by the possums and the curved lines indicate the paths travelled by the possum
ancestors. The central circle indicates an important sacred site. The curved lines surrounding the circle are the
mountain escarpments at the sacred site. The geometric design are the sand hills.

Stories of the Possum Ancestors belong to the of the ‘Creation or Dreamtime’ world originated. The Possum
Ancestors traversed the land holding ceremonies and secret sacred rituals to create the land formations as we
know them today.