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Snake Travelling artist Wenten Rubuntja Tjabanati AM Arrente Anmatyerre Language group Leader of the Central Australian Aboriginal people Aboriginal people believe carpet snakes created the waterholes and rivers of Central Australia as they travelled across the desert landscape. Waterholes ( see circles) Music notes depict the song lines of the snakes which Aboriginal follow to attend ceremonies to celebrate the snakes travels in the Dreamtime. Honey Ants are prepared as a sacred food for the ceremony Shields are painted with traditional designs that relate to the law of ceremony and must be adhered to at all times when the young aboriginal boys are initiated into manhood. Background colours relate to the desert landscape Wenten Rubuntja Tjabanati AM has presented his art to Queen Elizabeth ll and Pope Paul in Alice Springs Central Australia His paintings hang in Government House Canberra and major galleries and collections worldwide Rosemary Penrose Aboriginal Art Collection #art #artists ##artcollection #contemporaryart #traditionalart #paintings #aboriginalart #aboriginalpaintings #aboriginalcontemporaryart #aboriginaltraditionalart #aboriginalculture