The painting depicts Aboriginal iconography referring to hand-crafted weapons Aboriginal people use, when hunting animals and gathering edible bush tucker.

The symbols depicted in this painting are: -

• The U shape with hunting boomerangs and spear represents a man
• The U shape represents a woman
• The I shape represents a digging stick
• The () shape represents a coolamon

The women use a digging stick and a coolamon to gather goanna eggs, a staple food source for Aboriginal people in Central Australia.

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

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