The painting depicts the seed of the pencil yam plant, which is a stable food source for Aboriginal people from Alhalkere region in central Australia.

Yam Seed Dreaming is of significance to those Aboriginal people who are attached to it. Certain songlines and dance cycles are performed in their awelye ceremonies.

If you would like to know more about Women's Ceremony and the relationship with Aboriginal Art and culture, please read the following articles:

• Aboriginal Food
• Aboriginal Women
• Awelye (Women's Ceremony) Art
• Utopia Aboriginal Paintings from the Central Desert