The painting depicts awelye, womens body paint design associated with women's ceremony and bush melon from the Antwengerrp region - Utopia in Central Australia

Bush Melon is a sweet bush tucker that comes from a very small bush. Once very abundant, it is now days difficult to find.
The women gathered the bush melon fruit, the surplus was skewed and dried, to be eaten when bush tucker was scarce.

If you would like to know more about Awelye & Bush Melon and the relationship with Aboriginal Art and culture, please read the following articles, or view video footage of Aboriginal Women applying body paint design:

• Utopia Aboriginal Art: Aboriginal Paintings from the Central Desert
• Aboriginal Women
• Aboriginal Food
• Awelye (Womens Ceremony) Art

• Awelye (Body Paint) - Video of Aboriginal Women applying body paint design

Betty Mbitjana has inherited this Dreaming from her Mother Minnie Pwerle (deceased).