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Jinyjiwirrily (wild gooseberry, desert raisin)

Depicted in this work are jinyjiwirrily (wild gooseberry, or desert raisin), a spherical yellow bush fruit that dries to look like raisins, harvested from small, prickly shrubs. The shrubs prolifically produce purple flowers before fruiting, usually the year after fire or good rains. The fruit is high in vitamin C content, and has a taste akin to tamarillo and caramel. 

During the pujiman (traditional, desert dwelling) period, Martu would traverse very large distances annually in small family groups, moving seasonally from water source to water source, and hunting and gathering bush tucker as they went. Whilst desert life has moved away from mobile hunter-gatherer subsistence throughout the course of the twentieth century, bush tucker continues to be a significant component of the modern Martu diet. Hunting and gathering bush tucker remains equally valuable as an important cultural practice that is passed on intergenerationally. Though hunting and gathering implements have been modernised, methods of harvesting, tracking and the use of fire burning to drive animals from their retreats are still commonly practiced today.