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Holmes, Sandra
Le Brun. THE GODDESS AND THE MOON MAN. The Sacred Art of the Tiwi
Aborigines. BNo.: |
| 976-6410-23-2. First Edition, 1995. Pp: 152; 265mm x 235mm; 1.03kg. 59 col, 61 b/w, 7 fig, 2 maps. Acknowledgments, |
| explanations, glossary, index. A very good copy in dust wrapper. Craftsman House, Roseville East, NSW, 1995. (The |
| author worked for some years with the Tiwi people of Melville Island as an anthropogical researcher for the |
| Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies. Throughout this time, she recorded and photographed a number of |
| Pukamani mortuary ceremonies for the Institute's Canberra archives. This book describes and illustrates aspects of |
| the traditional Tiwi culture. There is also a chapter with figure illustrations of the ceremonial regalia pukamani and |
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kularma) (Keywords:
Murantawi, Wai-ai, Jinaini, Purukapali, Tokampini, Harry Carpenter, Mungatopi,
Albert Croker).
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Isaacs, Jennifer
et al. EMILY KNGWARREYE PAINTINGS. Terry Smith, Judith Ryan, Donald
Holt, Janet Holt. BNo.: |
| 90-5703-68-19. First Edition, 1998. Pp: 204; 285mm x 255mm; 1.60kg. 52 col, 12 b/w, 87 col(pl), 1 map. Introduction, |
| references, curriculum vitae, glossary, index. A very good copy in dust wrapper. Craftsman House, Sydney, 1998. |
| (This book looks at Emily Kngwarreye's paintings from very different view points) (Keywords: Aboriginal art, |
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Australia, Kngwarreye,
Utopia, Alhalkere).
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Isaacs, Jennifer.
SPIRIT COUNTRY. Contemporary Australian Aboriginal Art. BNo.: 1-86498-049-4.
First Edition 1999. |
| Pp: xvi, 240; 295mm x 245mm; 1.48kg. 124 col, 3 maps. Notes, glossary, acknowledgments, further reading, list of |
| plates, list of artists, index. A very good paperback copy in illustrated wrapper. Hardie Grant Books, South Yarra, |
| Victoria, 1999. (This book explores the vibrant contemporary Aboriginal art of northern and central Australia, with its |
| diverse regional traditions - from the finely cross-hatched bark paintings of Arnhem Land to the mesmerizing dotted |
| canvases of the Central Desert, from the elaborate Pukumani poles of the Tiwi Islands to the broad fields of ochre in |
| contemporary works from the Kimberley.) (Keywords: Papunya Tula, Kintore, Pintupi, Luritja, Warlpiri, Utopia, |
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Anmatjera, Tiwi, Ramingining,
Maningrida, Warmun.).
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Johnson,
Vivien. THE ART OF CLIFFORD POSSUM TJAPALTJARRI. Over sixty major
paintings of the Aboriginal |
| artist. BNo.: 976-8097-45-0. First Edition 1994. Pp: 177; 285mm x 250mm; 1.38kg. 64 col, num b/w, 5 fig, 5 maps. |
| Acknowledgments, introduction, footnotes, annotations, list, index. A very good copy in dust wrapper. Gordon and |
| Breach Arts International, Sydney, 1994. (This book presents a comprehensive account of the work of this master |
| painter from the Anmatyerre tribe. Over sixty major paintings, al with detailed annotations and spanning more than |
| two decades of his output, are produced in this volume.) (Keywords: Central Australia, Aboriginal artist, Anmatyerre, |
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Western Desert, Dreaming.).
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Kleinert,
Sylvia & Margo Neale (editors). The Oxford Companion to ABORIGINAL
ART and CULTURE A Voice to |
| Australian Indigenous Peoples. BNo.: 0-19-550649-9. First Edition, 2000 Pp: xxvi, 758; 245mm x 190mm; 2.17kg. 32 col, |
| 378 b/w, 9 maps. Preface, acknowledgments, notes, glossary, index, appendix. A very good copy in dust wrapper. |
| Oxford University Press, Melbourne, 2000. (This book is a unique work of reference for the academic and the general |
| reader alike. It contains concise and authoritative analyses by distinquished indigenous and non-idigenous scholars. |
| With over 400 illustrations, primary focus is the visual arts) (Keywords: Art, culture, Australia, Aboriginal, Arnhem, |
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Torres Strait, Kimberley,
Desert).
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Kupka, Karel.
DAWN OF ART. Paintings and Sculpture of Australian Aborigines. BNo.:
n/a. First Edition (AU), 1965 |
| (1962). Pp: x, 183; 240mm x 180mm; 0.65kg. 52 col, 14 b/w, 2 captions(fd), 1 map. Foreword, preface, author's note, |
| concise bibliography. A very good copy in dust wrapper. Angus and Robertson, Sydney, 1965. (The author has |
| recorded the art forms of the Aborigines of northern Australia with an approach essentially that of an artist) |
| (Keywords: Ethnology, Australia, Aboriginal, Arnhem Land, Mimi, Oenpelli, Gunwinggu, Groote Eylandt, Milingimbi, |
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Wanguri, Bathurst Island).
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