This artwork depicts particular leaves the Aboriginal women from Utopia in central Australia collect.

The leaves are boiled, resin added and mixed into a paste, which is used as bush medicine for many ailments, such as boiles, pen wounds and bites.

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

• Bush Medicine
• Aboriginal Women
• Utopia Aboriginal Paintings from the Central Desert