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Catalogue Number: 25/398
This painting tells a story about Aboriginal families that go out digging for honey ants. The Honey ants can be found in any season and in Central Australia they are often found deep in the ground near a mulga tree. The curved shape represents the women sitting on the ground, they have an oval coolamon beside them. Wooden coolamons were used in the old days to collect food into.
The ants taste sweet, just like honey. It is a tradition in remote communities that families go out hunting for these sweet treats.