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 grows on hills or mountains. The women also used the leaves for sand story telling.

• The concentric circles represents 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