Desert designs : 26 knits by Aboriginal artists / text by Stephen Muecke ; photography by Grant Matthews
- Bib ID:
- 1163886
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Muecke, Stephen, 1951-
- Description:
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- Brookvale, N.S.W. : Simon & Schuster, 1990
- 103 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 30 cm.
- ISBN:
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- 0731800869
- 0731800672 (paperback)
- Summary:
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Designs by Jimmy Pike, Doris Gingingara and Deaggidditt; Dreamings stories told by artists include - Owl (Mangkaja / Wiringarri), Two Girls, Two men / cousin-brothers and snakes (Kurtumaru and Parnaparnti), Seven Emu Sisters; other themes - kartiya boat, emu, dingo, mamu sprits, hunting, mother and child, hand prints, didjeridoo, kangaroo, pipes, barramundi, tree bark string, rain magic, grind stones, Law and country.
- Subject:
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- Knitting -- Australia -- Patterns
- Art, Aboriginal Australian -- Themes, motives
- Stories and motifs - Barramundi
- Material culture - String and rope making
- Stories and motifs
- Walmajarri / Walmatjarri people (A66) (WA SE51-16)
- Economic sectors - Fashion and design
- Stories and motifs - Dingoes / dogs
- Stories and motifs - Kangaroos / Wallabies
- Stories and motifs - Emu
- Stories and motifs - Snakes
- Wangkajunga / Wangkatjungka people (WA SF51-08)
- Religion - Dreaming - Birds
- Stories and motifs - Two men
- Culture - Relationship to land
- Stories and motifs - Seven Sisters
- Religion - Dreaming - Spirits
- Music - Instruments - Wind - Didjeridu
- Art - Crafts
- Copyright:
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- Material type:
- Literary Dramatic Musical
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 1990
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