The painting depicts Aboriginal iconography referring to the Aboriginal women in Central Australia gathering bush tucker.

When the women go on walkabout for food, they use digging sticks and a coolamon to carry bush tucker, which includes fruit, nuts, water, as well carrying babies.

Depictions and symbols illustrated are:

• Bush berries
• Witchetty grubs and Honey ants
• The U shapes represent a woman
• The I shapes represent a digging stick
• The () shapes represent a coolamon

If you would like to know more about Gathering Bush Tucker and the relationship with Aboriginal Art and culture, please read the following articles:

Aboriginal Food
Aboriginal Women
Aboriginal Symbols and their Meanings