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 as transporting babies.

Depictions and symbols illustrated are:

• A variety of Bush berries
• Witchetty grubs and Honey ants
• The small circle in the middle represents a nest
• Each U shape represents a woman
• The I shapes represents digging sticks
• The () shape represents 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