Women digging for Honey Ants and Witchety Grubs

This is a treasured painting  purchased from Australian aboriginal elder,
Violet Nagamarra, who I met out in the bush near Alice Springs in 1997. She was the tiniest, oldest woman in the group and her hands felt like velvet.  She spoke little English so we conversed through an interpreter.
The meaning of the painting:
Either side of the middle circles (representing a meeting place or waterhole) the U shapes represent 2 seated women (viewed from above) each with their digging stick and gathering bowl beside them.  Honey Ants and Witchety Grubs are bush tucker delicacies, eaten live and raw.  I was told never to frame a painting done by an indigenous aboriginal person, because the images depicted are not designed to be contained, but rather be free to extend beyond the painting as part of the environment.  Just thought I'd share.