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Detail of front cover of FLINDERS RANGES DREAMING (tunbridge1p 150/191 TUNB1)
Tunbridge, Dorothy. FLINDERS RANGES DREAMING. Traditional stories of the Adynamathanha. BNo. 0-85575-193-2. First Edition, 1988 (pb). Pp: xlvi, 177; 280mm x 210mm; 0.93kg. Num col & maps. Foreword, acknowledgments, notes, sources, sites index. A good paperback copy. Wrp: g. (small stamp on fep). Aboriginal Studies Press, Canberra, 1988. (This book is about the mythology of the Adnyamathanha people of the Flinders Ranges and a record of 49 of their stories) (Keywords: Mythology, Australia, Aboriginal, South Australia, Yura Ngawarla, Adambara, Akurra).
Book Code: E282 SOLD - now out of stock AU$25
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Detail of front of wrapper of FORM IN INDIGENOUS ART. (ucko1p 160/192 UCKO01).
Ucko, Peter J. (editor). FORM IN INDIGENOUS ART. Schematisation in the art of Aboriginal Australia and prehistoric Europe. BNo. 0-7156-1305-7. First Edition, 1977. Pp: (vi), 486; 250mm x 250mm; 1.70kg. 50 col, 150 b/w, 330 fig, 3 chart, 20 tab, 3 maps. Preface, list of participants, opening remarks, indices. A good copy in dust wrapper. Cvr: g; dw: vg. (minor flecking on f&b cvr; penned address on fep). Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies, Canberra, 1977. (This book provides a view of art works from widely different contexts ranging from Aborigines in Australia, past and present, to prehistoric Europe. The Australian material includes data on bark paintings and sand sculptures which has never been published before. For the first time it is possible to see these works as part of the general functioning of Aboriginal society) (Keywords: Indigenous art, Australia, Aboriginal, bark paintings, sand sculptures).
Book Code: P255 $135
Note: Contributors and papers include:
(1) Ucko, Peter J. - Introduction. (2) Clegg, J.K. - The meanings of 'schematisation'. (3) Forge, Anthony - Schematisation and meaning. (4) Layton, Robert - Naturalism and cultural relativity in art. (6) Biebuyck, Daniel P. - Schemata in Lega art. (8) Morphy, Frances - The social significance of schematisation in Northwest Coast American Indian art. (9) Morphy, Howard - Schematisation, meaning and communication in toas. (10) Rosenfeld, Andree - Profile figures: schematisation of the human figures in the Magdalenian Culture of Europe. (11) Wright, Bruce J. - Schematisation in the rock engravings of north-western Australia. (12) Carroll, Peter J. - Mimi from western Arnhem Land. (13) Clunies Ross, Margaret & I.R. Hiatt - Sand sculptures at a Gidjingali burial rite. (14) Groger-Wurm, Helen M. - Schematisation in Aboriginal bark paintings. (15) Hoff, Jennifer A. - Aboriginal carved and painted human figures in north-east Arnhem Land. (16) Keen, Ian - Yolngu sand sculptures in context. (17) McCaskill, D.L. - Schematisation in rock art of the Upper Gascoyne district, Western Australia. (18) Macintosh, N.W.G. - Beswick Creek cave two decades later: a reappraisal. (19) Morphy, Howard - Schematisation to conventionalisation: a possible trend in Yirrkala bark paintings. (20) Morphy, Howard - Yingapungapu - ground sculpture as bark painting. (21) Reser, Joseph P. - The dwelling as motif in Aboriginal bark painting. (22) Brandl, E.J. - Human stick figures in rock art. (23) Chaloupka, George - Aspects of chronology and schematisation of two prehistoric sites on the Arnhem Land Plateau. (24) Clegg, J.K. - A Method of resolving problem which arise from style in art. (25) Dix, Warwick C. - Facial representations in Pilbara rock engravings. (26) Marshack, Alexander - The meander as a system: the analysis and recognition of Iconographic units. (27) Moore, David R. - The hand stencil as symbol. (30) Crawford, I.M. - The relationship of Bradshaw and Wandjina art in north-west Kimberley. (32) Maynard, Lesley - Classification and terminology in Australian rock art. (33) McCarthy, Frederick D. - Schematisation in eastern and northern Australian rock art. (34) Quinnell, M.C. - Schematisation and naturalism in the rock art of south central Queensland. (36) Sims, Peter C. - Variations in Tasmanian petroglyphs. (37) Virili, F.L. - Aboriginal sites and rock art of the Dampier Archipelago, Western Australia: a preliminary report.
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Detail of front of wrapper - BRADSHAWS - Ancient Rock Paintings of North-West Australia (walsh2p 150/211 WALS2)
Walsh, Grahame L. BRADSHAWS. Ancient Rock paintings of North-West Australia. BNo. 2-970022-1-3. First Limited Edition, 1996. Pp: xviii, 285; 295mm x 210mm; 2.32kg. 100 col, 1 b/w, 99 fig, 11 maps. Endorsements, preface, acknowledgments, introduction, bibliography, selected reading. A very good copy in dust wrapper. Cvr: vg; dw: vg. The Bradshaw Foundation Edition Limitee, Carouge-Geneva, 1996. (Over the last sixteen years the author has explored the Kimberley area in the north-west of Australia. In this book he presents a summary of the data he has collected. One of the aims of the book is to put all the known material before the experts in the respective disciplines and seek their opinions and involment in solving one of the art world's greatest mysteries) (Keywords: Rock art, Australia, Aboriginal).
Book Code: H503 SOLD - now out of stock $200
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Detail of wrapper - THIS THEIR DREAMING (wells03p 155/204 WELL03)
Wells, Ann E. & E. James Wells (photographs). THIS THEIR DREAMING. Legends of the Panels of Aboriginal Art in the Yirrkala Church. BNo. 0-7022-0692-X. First Edition, 1971. Pp: xv, 76; 235mm x 180mm; 0.47kg. 2 col, 23 b/w, 1 map. Preface, artists, finale, note, glossary of terms. A very good copy in dust wrapper. Cvr: g; dw: g. (wear on dw & cvr). University of Queensland, St Lucia, Queensland, 1971. (This book is the author's account of two Aboriginal legends of northeast Arnhem Land. These legends are represented by paintings on a large two-panel screen which was completed in 1963 and placed behind the Communion table in the Yirrkala church) (Keywords: Religion, northern Australia, Arnhem Land, Dua panel, Djankawu, moiety, Baralku, Yiritja panel, Banaitja, Barama, Wirrili).
Book Code: U130 $55
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Detail of wrap - DECLAN - A Tiwi Artist. (west6p 165/232 WEST06)
West, Margaret K.C. DECLAN. A Tiwi Artist. BNo. 0-7316-0213-7. First Edition, 1987 (pb). Pp: 40; 300mm x 210mm; 0.25kg. 13 col, 35 b/w, 1 map. Acknowledgments, an appreciation, bibliography. A very good paperback copy. Wrp: vg. Australian City Properties Limited, Perth, 1987. (This catalogue was prepared for a touring exhibition of Declan's works of art which includes grave posts, barbed spears, sculptured figured and animals, canvas and bark paintings, designs on bark baskets, clubs, and saw-shark noses. An appreciation of the artist's work has been written by Ronald M. Berndt) (Keywords: Jimwalini,pukumani, Purukuparli, Waji, Tapara, arntongi, jabiru, Apuatimi, arawuningkuri, murukuwunga, jeruwala).
Book Code: L392 SOLD - now out of stock $55
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Detail of wrap - (west7p 170/173 WEST7)
West, Margie (editor). 13TH NATIONAL ABORIGINAL ART AWARD. Museum & Art Gallery of the Northern Territory. Travelling Exhibition. BNo. 0-7245-2967-5. First Edition, 1997 (pb). Pp: (ii), 47; 220mm x 220mm; 0.21kg. 39 col. Preface, introduction, message, acknowledgments. A very good paperback copy in illustrated wrap. Wrp: vg. (minor crease on wrp). Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, Darwin, 1997. (This catalogue presents the category winners and other entrants to the 15th National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award. Categories include: paintings on canvas, bark paintings, and sculptures) (Keywords: Traditional, contemporary art, Australia, Aboriginal, Kathleen Petyarre, Ian W. Abdulla, Naminapu Maymuru-White, Djambawa Marawili).
Book Code: S367 $26
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Detail of front cover of RAINBOW SUGARBAG AND MOON (west2p 150/195 WEST02)
West, Margie. RAINBOW SUGARBAG AND MOON. Two Artists of the Stone Country: Bardayal Nadjamerrek and Mick Kubarkku. BNo. 0-7245-2901-2. First Edition, 1995 (pb). Pp: 47; 280mm x 240mm; 0.25kg. 28 col, 1 map. Foreword, introduction, bibliography, about the authors, acknowledgments. A very good paperback copy. Wrp: vg. The Museums of Northern Territory and Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, 1995. (The exhibition and this catalogue is a tribute to two well known Kunwinjku artists, Mick Kubarkku and Bardayal Nadjamerrek. The catalogue is designed to illuminate the relationship of the artists, their ancestral mythologies and sites, to the wider context of Kunwinjku life) (Keywords: Traditional art, social culture, Australia, Aboriginal, Arnhem Land, Kunwinjku).
Book Code: N686 $25
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Detail of front cover of ROM - An Aboriginal Ritual of Diplomacy
Wild, Stephen A. (editor). ROM - AN ABORIGINAL RITUAL OF DIPLOMACY. A ceremony preformed by Anbarra Aborigines of North-Central Arnhem Land. BNo. 0-85575-162-2. First Edition, 1986 (pb). Pp: xiv, 102; 240mm x 180mm; 0.40kg. 24 col, 20 b/w, 18 fig, 1 map. Glossary, introduction, bibliography. A very good paperback copy in illustrated wrap. Wrp: vg. Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies, Canberra, 1986. (This book details the recent history of the Anbarra people. The songs,dances, and artefacts that are part of the Rom ritual are described and accompanied by colour illustrations. Seventeen paintings from the National Museum of Australia's collection have been charted and annotated to provide details of the subjects and their mythological representations) (Keywords: Anadjerramiya, Djambidj, Goyulan, Bugula, Djowanga).
Book Code: L039 $38
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Wright, Bruce J. ROCK ART OF THE PILBARA REGION, NORTH-WEST AUSTRALIA. Occasional Papers in Aboriginal Studies No.11; Prehistory and Material Culture Series No.2. BNo. n/a. First Edition, 1968 (pb). Pp: viii, 78; 260mm x 225mm; 0.52kg. 17 b/w(pl), 857 fig(pl). Foreword, introduction, bibliography. A very good paperback copy with staple and tape binding. Wrp: vg. Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies, Canberra, 1968. (The function of Aboriginal art is discussed in relation to sacred and secular, interpretation, the Aborigines as seen in their art, and the social significance of art style) (Keywords: Tribal art, Australia, Aboriginal, Pilbara, Western).
Book Code: N760 SOLD - now out of the stock AU$65
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