The painting depicts wild figs. Eastern Arrernte Aboriginal people from Central Australia call wild figs- Utyerrke.

The wild fig is an important food source and is associated with a Dreaming story . The women gather the bush fig to be eaten or ground into a paste and left to dry. Utyerrke grow on hills or mountains. The women also use the leaves for sand story telling.

The concentric circles represent the place where the utyerrke grow

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

• Aboriginal Food
• Aboriginal Women