The painting depicts Aboriginal iconography referring to awelye (body paint) associated with women's ceremony and bush melon.

• The U shape with lines represents a woman
• The large circles represent a ceremonial site
• The small circles represent bush melon

Betty Mbitjana has inherited this dreaming from her Mother Minnie Pwerle (passed away). The bush melon is a sweet bush tucker, which grew once abundant at Atnwengerrp, Utopia in Central Australia. Betty's mother and other women used to gather the fruit either to be eaten or stored in times when bush tucker was scarce.

If you would like to know more about Awelye & Bush Melon and the relationship with Aboriginal Art and culture, please read the following articles or to view video clip of Aboriginal Women applying body paint design: -

• Awelye (Womens Ceremony) Art
• Aboriginal Women
• Aboriginal Food
• Aboriginal Symbols and their Meanings.
• Utopia Aboriginal Art: Aboriginal Paintings from the Central Desert
• Video of Aboriginal Women applying body paint design