Aboriginal Art

by Charles P. Mountford

Paperback, 1961

Status

Available

Publication

Croydon, Victoria : Longmans, 1961. (32 p., 5 color ill., 25 b/w ill., introduction; 21 cm).

Language

Physical description

32 p.; 21 cm

Local notes

Contents:

Introduction 3
Gave Paintings:
The Lizard-Man, Central Australia 5
Emily Gap, Central Australia 6
X-ray art, Western Arnhem Land 7
Mimi art, Western Arnhem Land 8
Wandjina art, North-western Australia 9
Ground Painting, Central Australia 10
Ground Carving, Eastern Australia 11
Tree Carving, Eastern Australia 12
Bark Paintings:
Northern Arnhem Land 13
North-eastern Arnhem Land 14
Western Arnhem Land 15
Melville Island 16
Groote Eylandt 17
Burial Poles, Melville Island 18
Pearl-shell Ornament, North-Western Australia 19
Sacred Object, Central Australia 20
Carved Wooden Heads:
Eastern Arnhem Land 21
NORTH-WESTERN AUSTRALIA 22
Earthen Figure, Eastern Australia 23
Painted Shields, Queensland 24
Painted Body Decorations:
Melville Island 25
Central Australia 26
Decorated Skin Rug, South-Eastern Australia 27
Engraved Carrying Dish, Eastern Australia 28
Rock Engravings:
Simple Rock Engravings 29
Crocodile’s Head 30
Rock Engravings, Eastern Australia 31
Rock Engravings, North-Western Australia 32
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