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Australian Aboriginal Art: Content (Books)
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Abbie, Andrew A. THE ORIGINAL AUSTRALIANS. Origins, customs and way of life. BNo. n/a. First

Edition nd (c 1969). Pp: 288; 215mm x 140mm; 0.65kg. 87 b/w(pl), 6 fig, 4 maps. Preface,

bibliography and sources, addenda, index. A very good copy in dust wrapper. Cvr: vg; dw: vg. A.H. &

A.W. Reed, Wellington, 1969. (This book presents a picture of the Australian Aborigine and includes

his origines, the customs and way of life developed, his prowess as a hunter and food gatherer, tribal

customs and religions, sexual behaviour and restraints, and mental characteristics) (Keywords:

Ethnology, Walbiri, Arnhem Land, totemism, material culture, tjacolo, churinga).

Book Code: H246 AU $42


Aboriginal Arts Board. An Exhibition of OENPELLI PAINTINGS ON BARK. From the Oenpelli area of

western Arnhem Land of North Australia. Text by Jennifer Isaacs. BNo. 0-908130-00-7. First Edition,

c.1978 (pb). Pp: 51; 260mm x 210mm; 0.29kg. 18 b/w, 9 fig, 1 map. Foreword, preface, introduction,

bibliography. A very good paperback copy. Wrp: vg. Aboriginal Arts Board of the Australia Council,

Sydney, circa 1978. (This book was published by Australian Gallery Directors Council for the

Aboriginal Arts Board as a catalogue for 52 bark paintings) (Keywords: X-ray paintings, spirit

ancestors, Mimi spirits, Ngalyod, Benuk, Namarrkon).

Book Code: L326 AU $55

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Akerman, Kim with John Stanton. RIJI AND JAKOLI. Kimberley Pearl Shell in Aboriginal Australia.

BNo. 0-7245-2842-3. First Edition, 1994 (pb). Pp: xii, 74; 250mm x 175mm; 0.22kg. 51 col, 2 b/w, 4

fig, 2 maps. Foreword, preface, acknow., introduction, conclusions, references, appendix. A very good

paperback copy. Wrp: vg. Northern Territory Museum of Arts and Sciences, Darwin, 1994. (This study

forcuses on a single class of objects, made of pearl shell, that originate on the Kimberley and

north-west coasts, and which are widely distributed over much of the western half of the continent of

Australia) (Keywords: Ra-indya, sawfish, Barnamba, stingray, Butcher Joe Nangan, Inguruku, rainbow

snake, Basil Albert).

Book Code: N376 AU $17


Allen, Louis A. TIME BEFORE MORNING. Art and Myth of the Australian Aborigines. BNo.

7270-0076-4 First Aust. Edition, 1976 (1975). Pp: xvi, 304; 250mm x 190mm; 1.12kg. 30 col, 119 b/w,

1 map(dp). Introduction, forword, notes, the artists, bibliography, index. A good copy in dust wrapper

which has minor tears. Wrp: g. Rigby Limited, Adelaide, 1976. (A illustrated collection of myths and

legends of the Aboriginal inhabitants of Australia's Arnhem Land. The illustrations used are

reproductions from the author's collection of bark paintings and carved figures.) (Keyword: Djanggawul,

Laindjung, Wagilag, Ngalyod, Kunmanggur, Mudungkala.).

Book Code: H051 AU $80


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