The painting depicts Aboriginal iconography referring to the implements Aboriginal people use, when hunting or gathering bush tucker.

Aboriginal symbols depicted in his painting are:-

• The U shape (bottom left) represents a woman
• The I shape represents a digging stick
• The () shape represents a coolamon
• The circles represent a nest
• The U shape (top left) represents a man, with woomera, spear and boomerang

The snake and goanna are totemic spirits and are also a principal food source.

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

• Aboriginal Food
• Aboriginal People
• Goanna Dreaming
• Aboriginal Symbols and their Meanings