Description

The central portion of this work alludes to abundant bush foods. The women collecting the food are shown as U shapes with the neighboring iconography being their digging sticks and coolamons. The wavy lines denote water running to the water hole at the very centre represented by the concentric circles. Concentric circles also double as designating sacred ceremonial sand paintings relating in this case to women’s religious rituals. The straight linear dot design that gives the work a rhythmic shimmering effect represents the women’s ceremonial body paint.