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Catalogue: 25/90
After the rain Aboriginal women in remote Central Australian communities go out hunting for bush foods. This painting is a story about women gathering bush tomatoes.
The women sit together on the land, these are the curved shapes in the painting. The digging sticks are beside them , these are called yam sticks.
Some of the bush tomatoes are red and brown—they are dried and saved for later. The yellow ones are fresh and ready to eat right away.
All around the women, the land is full of colours—dots showing flowers, trees, grass and other bush food. There are some honey ants also waiting to be collected.
The women learn from their Elders about finding the bush food and pass that knowledge on.