Art of the WANDJINA, The: Aboriginal Cave Paintings in Kimberley, Western Australia

Crawford, I. M. (Ian M.), 1935-

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AUSTRALIAN ART Aboriginal Indigenous

SCARCE Fieldwork carried 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.
144 p. illus. (part col.), col. maps. 26 cm. Bibliography: p. 140-141. First Edition #270123
Art, Aboriginal Australian — Western Australia — Kimberley Region. | 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)

Additional Information

AuthorCrawford, I. M. (Ian M.), 1935-
Number of pages144
PublisherOxford University Press
Year Published1968
Binding Type

Hardcover in Dustjacket

Book Condition

Edgeworn dustjacket, Near Fine

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