The painting depicts various hand crafted wooden implements Aboriginal men and women use for hunting and gathering bush tucker in Central Australia.

Aboriginal symbols illustrated in this painting are:

• The U shape represents a man with spear and boomerangs
• The U shape represents a woman with digging stick and coolamon
• The circle represents a nest

The snake and goanna are totemic spirits as well as principal food source for Aboriginal people.

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
• Goanna Dreaming
• Aboriginal Food
• Aboriginal People