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

Aboriginal Symbols depicted in this painting are:

• The U shape (top left) represents a man with woomera and spear
• The U shape (bottom left) represents a woman with digging stick and coolamon

Snake and Goanna are totemic spirits, as well as, a principal 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 People
• Goanna Dreaming
• Aboriginal Food
• Aboriginal Symbols and their Meanings