In Aboriginal art, all the symbols and imagery have a meaning. In this case, the bark painting shows the symbolism of the animal, a tortoise, which is strongly related to the tribe that painted it.

As such, Aboriginal peoples were quickly ... cross hatching or geometric patterns, animal tracks and wavy lines. The meaning ...

such as animal tracks. The flowing lines and use of Aboriginal symbols in her work echoes the way her ancestors communicated when drawing impressions and symbols in the ground. While some symbols ...