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The Resource Desert designs : 26 knits by Aboriginal artists, text by Stephen Muecke ; photography by Grant Matthews

Desert designs : 26 knits by Aboriginal artists, text by Stephen Muecke ; photography by Grant Matthews

Label
Desert designs : 26 knits by Aboriginal artists
Title
Desert designs
Title remainder
26 knits by Aboriginal artists
Statement of responsibility
text by Stephen Muecke ; photography by Grant Matthews
Creator
Subject
Genre
Language
eng
Summary
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
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1951-
http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
Muecke, Stephen
Illustrations
illustrations
Index
no index present
Literary form
non fiction
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Pike, Jimmy
  • Deaggidditt
  • Gingingara, Doris
  • Desert Designs
  • Knitting
  • Arts, Aboriginal Australian
Label
Desert designs : 26 knits by Aboriginal artists, text by Stephen Muecke ; photography by Grant Matthews
Instantiates
Publication
Control code
000006643375
Dimensions
30 cm.
Extent
103 pages
Governing access note
AIATSIS Rare Book and Research Collection materials are stored offsite and require a minimum of two business days advance notice for bookings. Access conditions for some items may be restricted due to their cultural content, rarity, value or physical condition.
Immediate source of acquisition
Copy 2 - donation from Tom Austen Brown collection
Isbn
9780731800674
Other physical details
illustrations (some coloured)
Label
Desert designs : 26 knits by Aboriginal artists, text by Stephen Muecke ; photography by Grant Matthews
Publication
Control code
000006643375
Dimensions
30 cm.
Extent
103 pages
Governing access note
AIATSIS Rare Book and Research Collection materials are stored offsite and require a minimum of two business days advance notice for bookings. Access conditions for some items may be restricted due to their cultural content, rarity, value or physical condition.
Immediate source of acquisition
Copy 2 - donation from Tom Austen Brown collection
Isbn
9780731800674
Other physical details
illustrations (some coloured)

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