Title Politics of the secret / edited by Christopher Anderson

Published [Sydney, N.S.W.)] : University of Sydney, 1995 Sydney, N.S.W. : University of Sydney, 1995

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Description 142 pages : map ; 24 cm Series Oceania monograph, 1030-6412 ; 45 Oceania monographs ; 45 Summary Collection of nine articles on aspects of secrecy in relation to the sacred in Aboriginal culture; mainly concerned with ritual objects, politics and social control, collection and repatriation of objects, mid Western Desert art; papers by Anderson (x2) , Palmer, Kolig, Akerman, Morton, Jones, Pannell, Kimber annotated separately. Outlines the questions related to the role of ritual objects in Aboriginal culture and their place in museum collections; examines issues of secrecy and return of ritual objects to communities; ethics Bibliography Includes bibliographical references Notes Oceania monographs no:45 1030-6412 Subject Aboriginal Australians -- Antiquities -- Collection and preservation. Aboriginal Australians -- Antiquities. Aboriginal Australians -- Religion. Aboriginal Australians -- Social life and customs. Aboriginal Australians -- Australia -- Western Australia. Ceremonial objects -- Australia -- Central Australia. Ceremonial objects -- Australia, Northwestern Ceremonial objects -- Australia. Cultural property -- Repatriation -- Australia. Ethnology -- Australia. Author Anderson, Christopher, editor LC no. 96118295 ISSN 1030-6412 ISBN 0867589906

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