The art of the Wandjina; Aboriginal cave paintings in Kimberley, Western Australia [by] I. M. Crawford
- Bib ID:
- 1023544
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Crawford, I. M. (Ian M.), 1935-
- Description:
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- Melbourne, New York [etc.] Oxford University Press [1968]
- 144 p. illus. (part col.), col. maps. 26 cm.
- Summary:
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Fieldwork carrried out 1962-1966; Painting techniques, hand stencils, paint application, painting baler shell, cave paintings at Mamadai restored in part; Origin of Wandjina paintings, power of Wandjinas, behaviour, rituals, conception beliefs, gifts to the Wandjinas, legend of Wodjin, description of painting at Wanalirri; Stone arrangement & battle ground Tunbai Dispersed Wandjinas, sites at Brockmans Cave, Bundjin-moro, Bunggudmana & the owl, Morol, Pindjauri, story of Wadanda at Karendjin; Sea Wandjinas, Indonesian contact, burial practices, legends of Langgi paintings; Paintings & engravings found by G. Grey; Kaiara spirits & children, weather power, sites at Chalangdal, Wurwai, Warabi, West Montalivet Is., Warangala, paintings of European sailors & ships Bigge Is.; archaic art form in Bradshaws figures, legends of Koion & grasshopper, radiocarbon dating of charcoal shows age of stone leaf-shaped spear head depicted in paintings; Kakadja painting Cape Voltaire, Djuari figures, route taken by the dead, legend of Warulu & Ungamin at Djilgu; Unusual engraving Sturt Creek; Animals in human form St. George Basin, Kuri Bay, Doubtful Bay area; Snake mythology Forrest R., Gibb R. Station, Ulu figures & ritual killings Windjina Gorge, Mt. Barnett, Djilgu; Moiety, conception & cult totems; Honey bee legend Secure Bay; Fish, lizards, animals including dingoes Oscar-Napier Ranges; Method of tree carving, boab nuts; Rock engravings Prudhoe Is. & Carpenters Gap; Gurangara figures Ord R. & Linesmans Creek Range; Future of painting, cause of damage; Methods of preservation; Bibliography; Photographer Ray Penrose.
- Notes:
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- Published in association with the Western Australian Museum.
- Bibliography: p. 140-141.
- First Nations (AIATSIS) Subject:
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- Stories and motifs - Climate and weather
- Art - Art motifs - Hand
- Art - Subjects - Gwion Gwion figures
- Stories and motifs - Lizards / goannas
- Art - Rock art - Engraving
- Art - Art motifs - Stencil
- Art - Subjects - Wandjina
- Animals
- Technology - Shell - Baler shells
- Psychology - Cognition
- Sites - Mortuary sites and cemeteries
- Animals - Invertebrates - Insects - Bees
- Stories and motifs - Fish
- Dating and chronology - Carbon dating
- Stories and motifs - Birds
- Art - Rock art - Painting
- Stories and motifs - Dingoes / dogs
- Economic sectors - Trades - Woodworking and joinery
- Art - Subjects - Contact
- Stories and motifs - Snakes
- Death - Mortuary / funeral ceremonies - Tree and platform burial
- Stories and motifs - Insects
- Reproduction - Conception
- Religion - Totemism
- Sites - Conservation and protection
- Animals - Invertebrates - Insects - Grasshoppers / Locusts
- Sites - Stone arrangements
- Art - Carving and engraving - Boab nuts
- Ord River / Lake Argyle (WA East Kimberley SE52-02, SD52-14)
- Prudhoe Islands (WA West Kimberley SD51-12)
- Gibb River (WA East Kimberley SE52-01)
- Penrose (NSW S Coast SI56-09)
- Oscar / Napier Ranges (WA West Kimberley SE51-08, SE51-12)
- Forrest River (WA East Kimberley SD52-09, SD52-10, SD52-14)
- Mount Barnett (WA West Kimberley SE51-04)
- Doubtful Bay (WA West Kimberley SE51-04)
- Bandilngan / Windjana Gorge (WA West Kimberley SE51-08)
- Prince Regent River (WA West Kimberley SD51-16)
- Subject:
- Art, Aboriginal Australian -- Western Australia -- Kimberley Region
- Other authors/contributors:
- Western Australian Museum
- Copyright:
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- Literary Dramatic Musical
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 1968
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