Aboriginal Australia

Rowlison, Eric ; Carol Cooper, Howard Morphy; John Mulvaney; Nicholas Petersen

Published by Australian Gallery Directors Council Ltd, 1981

About this Item

Exhibition catalog for a show held at the publisher's gallery. Book is in excellent condition. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes but a chip at top spine, very light scuffing to covers. Text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. Heavily illustrated with b/w & Color photos, drawings, maps, itemized exhibition sculpture and pieces, with captions and gallery notations throughout. Contents include essays on the art of temperate South-East Australlia, the art of the desert and the art of Northern Australia. Exhibition stops included the National Gallery of Victoria, the Art Gallery of Western Australia, the Australian Museum and the Queensland Art Gallery. Exhibition includes Aboriginal boomerangs, clubs, shields, artworks, sclupture, containers, spearthrowers, spears, knives, axes, hooked boomerangs, cylcons, paintings, portraits, war weapons, mats, baskets, dendroglyph, carved trees, clothing, jewelry, weaving, etc. Keywords: Aboriginal boomerangs, Clubs, Shields, Artworks, Sclupture, Containers, Spearthrowers, Spears, Knives, Axes, Hooked boomerangs, Cylcons, Paintings, Portraits, War weapons, Mats, Baskets, Dendroglyph, Carved trees, Clothing, Jewelry, Weaving, Native People Australia, Wiigie Mia, Cleland Hills, Koonalda, Cobar, Graman, Lake Mungo, Mat. Cameron, Laura, Delamere, Ingaladdi.

Seller Inventory # 158042

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Aboriginal Australia
• Publisher: Australian Gallery Directors Council Ltd
• Publication Date: 1981
• Binding: Trade Paperback
• Condition: Near Fine
• Seller catalogs:
  • Australia / New Zealand