Arts and crafts of indigenous Australia / Linda Bruce and Jim Hilvert-Bruce
- Bib ID:
- 4511084
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Bruce, Linda
- Description:
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- South Yarra, Vic. : Macmillan Library, 2009
- 112 p. : col. ill. ; 29 cm.
- ISBN:
- 9781420269505
- Series:
- Macmillan world library
- Summary:
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Through their arts and crafts, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples keep their traditions, stories and culture strong. Arts and Crafts of Indigenous Australia is a bumper hardback volume offering a fascinating insight into how artists tell their stories and maintain their culture. It is a rich resource on the many different art forms.
- Notes:
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- Includes index.
- For primary school age.
- Subject:
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- Art, Aboriginal Australian -- Juvenile literature
- Handicraft -- Australia -- Juvenile literature
- Art - Carving and engraving - Emu egg
- Ceremonies
- Costume and clothing - Grass skirts
- Technology - Dilly bags
- Dance - Ceremonial
- Art - Rock art
- Art - Body art
- Fishing - Fish traps
- Art - Artists
- Religion - Dreaming - Ancestor spirits
- Art - Masks
- Religion - Totemism
- Religion - Dreaming - Wandjina
- Material culture - Shell objects and decorations
- Costume and clothing - Headdress, headbands
- Art - Sculpture
- Technology - Fibre - Nets - Net making
- Art - Painting - Acrylic - Dot
- Weapons - Spears - Throwing
- Costume and clothing - Necklaces, pendants etc
- Weapons - Boomerangs - Throwing
- Art - Mural and street art
- Recreation - Play - Toys
- Art - Crafts - Weaving
- Settlement and contacts - Macassans and Indonesians
- Art - Painting - Bark
- Art - Crafts - Baskets and basketmaking
- Art - Textiles
- Music - Instruments - Wind - Didjeridu
- Material culture - Woven objects
- Art - Production - Materials / techniques
- Art - Childrens art
- Religion - Rites - Ceremonial grounds
- Art - Crafts - Education
- Music - Traditional - Ceremonial
- Technology - Pigments and ochres
- Art - Crafts - Mats and mat making
- Technology - Containers - Coolamons
- Weapons - Shields
- Religion - Rites - Ceremonial objects - Bullroarers
- Weapons - Clubs and fighting sticks
- Art - Subjects - Dynamic figures / Mimi
- Art - Painting - Watercolour
- Technology - Wood - Digging sticks
- Death - Mortuary / funeral ceremonies - Mortuary objects - Poles
- Art - Toas
- Mornington Island (Qld Gulf Wellesley Islands SE54-01)
- Cape York Peninsula (Qld SC54, SD54, SD55)
- Torres Strait Islands (Qld TSI SC54, SC55-05)
- Western Australia (WA)
- Maningrida (Central Arnhem Land NT SD53-02)
- Queensland (Qld)
- Northern Territory (NT)
- Arnhem Land (NT)
- Kati Thanda / Lake Eyre (NE SA SH53-04)
- Groote Eylandt (NT Gulf Islands SD53-07, SD53-08)
- Gulf of Carpentaria (SD53, SD54, SE54)
- Kimberley area (WA SD51, SD52, SE51, SE52)
- Ramingining (Central Arnhem Land SD53-02)
- Victoria (Vic)
- Tiwi Islands (NT SC52-15, SC52-16)
- Other authors/contributors:
- Hilvert-Bruce, Jim
- Copyright:
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- Material type:
- Literary Dramatic Musical
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 2009
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