An edition of Ancestral Connections (1991)

Ancestral Connections

Art and an Aboriginal System of Knowledge

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An edition of Ancestral Connections (1991)

Ancestral Connections

Art and an Aboriginal System of Knowledge

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University Of Chicago Press
Language
English
Pages
348

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Subjects

Social life and customs, Yolngu Bark painting, Aboriginal Australian Philosophy, Rites and ceremonies, Yolngu (Australian people), Murngin (Australian people), Symbolism in art, Kinship, Philosophy, aboriginal australian, Aboriginal australians, Australia, social life and customs, Murngin (Peuple d'Australie), Moeurs et coutumes, Parenté, Rites et cérémonies, Peinture sur écorce, Australie, Peinture sur écorce Murngin, Philosophie australienne (aborigène), Symbolisme dans l'art, Manggalili people (N137) (NT SD53-03), W©Þgilak / Wawilak people (N106) (NT SD53-07), Yolngu people (NT SD53), Art - Painting - Bark, Art - Body art, Art - Sand and ground design, Art - Production - Materials / techniques, Art - Artists, Religion - Rites - Ceremonial objects, Communications - Nonverbal, Settlement and contacts, Settlement and contacts - 20th Century, Stories and motifs - Creation / Cosmology, Stories and motifs - Cultural heroes, Stories and motifs - Insects, Social organisation - Kinship - Marriage, Death - Mortuary / funeral ceremonies, Stories and motifs - Sharks, Sites - Dreaming tracks, Stories and motifs - Wawalag Sisters, 73.57 cult, rites (ethnology), Ethnologie, Kunst, Murngin, Aborigines, Symboliek, Versieringskunst, Art aborigène d'Australie, Yolngu (peuple d'Australie), Signes et symboles, Dans l'art, Philosophie aborigène d'Australie, Bark painting

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March 1, 1992, University Of Chicago Press
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Ancestral connections: art and an aboriginal system of knowledge
1991, University of Chicago Press
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"In a temporary shade made of cloth and canvas covering a framework of sticks, two men sit painting the lid of a coffin."

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Paperback
Number of pages
348
Dimensions
8.9 x 6 x 0.9 inches
Weight
1 pounds

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OL9501803M
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0226538664
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9780226538662
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22808
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