Australian Aboriginal decorative art / by Frederick D. McCarthy ; with foreword by A.P. Elkin
- Bib ID:
- 720922
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- McCarthy, Frederick D. (Frederick David), 1905-1997
- Edition:
- 3rd ed.
- Description:
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- Sydney : Trustees of the Australian Museum, 1952
- 59 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 25 cm.
- Summary:
-
Descriptive booklet; Includes shields, boomerangs, clubs, carved trees (Eastern Aust.); designs on shields, N.E. Qld.; weapons, utensils, tjuringa, ceremonial regalia, ground drawings (central, N.T. & Kimberleys); Rangga & sacred objects, sculptures, bark paintings, mortuary art, weapons, twined baskets, pipes (Arnhem Land & adjacent islands); grave posts, baskets, weapons (Bathurst and Melville Islands); ceremonial boards and bullroarers, weapons, baobab nuts, pearl-shell phallocrypts (Western Australia); full description and meanings of incised designs.
- Notes:
- Bibliography: p. 59.
- Subject:
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- Decoration and ornament -- Australia
- Art, Aboriginal Australian
- Technology - Utensils
- Art - Sculpture - Tree carving
- Sites - Mortuary sites and cemeteries
- Weapons - Boomerangs
- Material culture - String and rope making
- Art - Carving and engraving - Boab nuts
- Art - Painting - Bark
- Religion - Rites - Ceremonial objects
- Religion - Rites - Ceremonial objects - Boards
- Art - Sand and ground design
- Death - Mortuary / funeral ceremonies - Mortuary objects - Poles
- Weapons - Clubs and fighting sticks
- Religion - Rites - Ceremonial objects - Bullroarers
- Weapons - Shields
- Death - Mortuary / funeral ceremonies
- Art - Crafts - Baskets and basketmaking
- Religion - Rites - Ceremonial objects - Ranggas
- Art
- Kimberley area (WA SD51, SD52, SE51, SE52)
- Bathurst Island (NT SC52-15)
- Yermalner / Melville Island (NT SC52-16)
- Queensland (Qld)
- Arnhem Land (NT)
- Other authors/contributors:
- Australian Museum
- Copyright:
-
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- Reason for copyright status:
- Until 2067 [Creator Date of Death + 70 Years]
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- Material type:
- Literary Dramatic Musical
- Presumed date of death of creator (latest date):
- 1997
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 1952
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