Tiwi : art, history, culture / Jennifer Isaacs
- Bib ID:
- 6004537
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Isaacs, Jennifer, 1946-
- Description:
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- Carlton, Vic. : Miegunyah Press, 2012
- viii, 327 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), col. maps, ports. ; 28 cm.
- ISBN:
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- 9780522858556
- 0522858554
- Series:
- Miegunyah Press series. Series 2 ; no. 151.
- Summary:
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The dangerous waters separating mainland Australia from Tiwi islands have seen a blossoming of an art & culture unique to Tiwi people. Often abstract and geometric, with strong patterns, use of colour, it is the basis for shapes of traditional carvings, such as that used in burial ceremonies, more recently, on fabric, paper, pottery, canvas and jewellery.
- Full contents:
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- Part I. Tiwi culture
- Part II. Tiwi history
- Part III. Artefacts and art
- Part IV. Bathurst Island art centres
- Part V. Melville Island art centres.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 306-315) and index.
- Subject:
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- Art -- Northern Territory -- Tiwi Islands -- History
- Art - Artists
- Art - Collections - Collectors
- Ceremonies
- Art - Ceramics
- Art - Print and printmaking
- Community organisations - Arts and crafts
- Art - Sculpture - Hollow log
- Death - Mortuary / funeral ceremonies - Mortuary objects - Poles
- History - Biographies
- Art - Painting
- Religions - Christianity - Missions
- Religion - Dreaming - Creation / Cosmology
- Tiwi people (N20) (NT SC52-16)
- Art - Sculpture - Carving - Wood
- Religion - Rites - Kulama yam
- Tiwi Islands (N.T.) -- History
- Tiwi Islands (N.T.) -- Social life and customs
- Bathurst Island (NT SC52-15)
- Tiwi Islands (NT SC52-15, SC52-16)
- Yermalner / Melville Island (NT SC52-16)
- Milikapiti / Snake Bay (Melville Island NT SC52-16)
- Pirlangimpi (NT SC52-16)
- Australian
- Copyright:
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- Material type:
- Literary Dramatic Musical
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 2012
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