Aboriginal Carpet Snake

Growing up aunty oodgeroo had a strong connection to her sand and water country and her culture.

Aboriginal carpet snake. Itis lists six the reptile database seven and the iucn eight. Oodgeroo noonuccal sbs on demand video. Head of carpet python morelia spilota showing heat sensitive pits along jaw line and forked tongue. All parts of the rock of uluru was believed to have been created in the dreamtime by about 10 dreamtime spirit people.

In 1967 aboriginal australians could finally have an equal say in how their country. The carpet snake dreaming story was passed on to billy stockman tjapaltjarri. Aunty oodgeroo s father taught all his children about aboriginal lore and values. The carpet snake is considered a form that the rainbow serpent can take by the walmadjari people.

Leaving school at the age of 13 oodgeroo worked as a domestic servant until 1939 when she volunteered for service in the australian women s army service. Most specimens are olive green with pale dark edged blotches stripes or cross bands. Acrylic on linen size. Furthermore four snakes may have served as inspiration for the rainbow serpent.

Her totem was kabool the carpet snake. The painting depicts the carpet snake hunting in the spiky spinifex grass which grows in abundance on the desert earth near napperby mt denison in central australia. Many such words have also become loaned words in other languages beyond english while some are restricted to australian english. The striped body paint design of the snake indicates it is painted up for ceremony.

Most of the southern face was created by the battle between the liru poisonous snakes and the kunia carpet snakes. Carpet snake or carpet python morelia spilota. Clifford possum tjapaltjarri carpet snake dreaming. Aboriginal beliefs connected with uluru ayer s rock kunia liru.

Carpet snake dreaming by clifford possum tjapaltjarri at the australian aboriginal art directory gallery. Oodgeroo shared with her father the dreaming totem the carpet snake kabul and his sense of injustice. Possibly the most popular aboriginal loanwords are plants and animals which are now in everyday use. These words of australian aboriginal origin include some that are used frequently within australian english such as kangaroo and boomerang.

Clifford possum tjapaltjarri carpet snake dreaming. Morelia spilota commonly referred to as the carpet python or diamond python is a large snake of the family pythonidae found in australia new guinea indonesia and papua new guinea bismarck archipelago and the northern solomon islands.