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Author Akerman, Kim, 1947-

Title Riji and Jakuli : Kimberley pearl shell in Aboriginal Australia / Kim Akerman with John Stanton
Published <Darwin> : Northern Territory Museum of Arts and Sciences, 1994

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 ADPML SPC  736.609941 Ake/Raj  LIB USE ONLY
Description xii, 73 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), maps ; 25 cm
Series Monograph series (Northern Territory Museum of Arts and Sciences) ; no. 4
Summary Detailed study of the uses of pearl shell in Aboriginal culture; sources of shell, material types, manufacturing and engraving tools and techniques; function - personal adornment, magic and sorcery, ritual; use in exchange - distribution modes and exchange routes; description and meaning of motifs - geometric (meander, zigzag, interlocking key) and figurative (traditional and nontraditional); historical developments in the 20th century; utensils - shell; portable art; arts - change; arts - crafts; arts - techniques; ornaments; ritual objects - other; trade and gift exchange
Analysis Glyptics - Western Australia - Kimberley
Pearl-fisheries - Western Australia - Kimberley
Aboriginal Australians -- Industries -- Western Australia -- Kimberley
Mother-of-pearl
Arts, Aboriginal Australian -- Western Australia -- Kimberley
Notes Bibliography; p. 65-67; Cover title; Riji and Jakoli
Bibliography Bibliography: p. 65-67
Notes Copy 2 - donation from Tom Austen Brown collection
Subject Aborigines, Australian -- Western Australia -- Kimberley -- Artifacts
Aboriginal Australians -- Western Australia -- Kimberley Region -- Industries
Aboriginal Australians -- Western Australia -- Kimberley Region -- Arts
Aboriginal Australians -- Western Australia -- Kimberley Region -- Artifacts
Aborigines, Australian -- Western Australia -- Kimberley -- Arts
Decoration and ornament, Primitive -- Australia -- Kimberley (W.A.)
Aboriginal Australians -- Western Australia -- Kimberley -- Art
Aborigines, Australian -- Western Australia -- Kimberley -- Industries
Pearl-fisheries -- Australia -- Kimberley (W.A.)
Aborigines, Australian -- Western Australia -- Kimberley Region -- Industries
Aborigines, Australian -- Western Australia -- Kimberley Region -- Arts
Aborigines, Australian -- Western Australia -- Kimberley Region -- Artifacts
Aboriginal Australians -- Western Australia -- Kimberley -- Artifacts
Aboriginal Australians -- Western Australia -- Kimberley -- Industries
Aboriginal Australians -- Western Australia -- Kimberley -- Arts
Pearl-fisheries -- Western Australia -- Kimberley
Glyptics -- Western Australia -- Kimberley
Art, Aboriginal Australian -- Australia -- Kimberley Region (W.A.)
Arts, Aboriginal Australian -- Western Australia -- Kimberley
Pearl-fisheries -- Western Australia -- Kimberley Region
Glyptics -- Western Australia -- Kimberley Region
Aboriginal Australians -- Industries -- Western Australia -- Kimberley
Aboriginal Australians -- Western Australia -- Kimberley -- Antiquities
Pearl fisheries -- Australia -- Kimberley (W.A.)
Aboriginal Australians -- Industries -- Australia -- Kimberley (W.A.)
Arts, Aboriginal Australian -- Australia -- Kimberley (W.A.)
Glyptics -- Australia -- Kimberley (W.A.)
Shell engraving -- Western Australia -- Kimberley Region
Pearl fisheries -- Western Australia -- Kimberley
Glyptics -- Western Australia -- Kimberley
Arts, Aboriginal Australian -- Western Australia -- Kimberley
Shell engraving -- Australia -- Kimberley Region (W.A.)
Mother-of-pearl
Author Stanton, J. E. (John Edward), 1950-
Northern Territory Museum of Arts and Sciences
LC no. abn94091657
ISBN 0724528423
ISSN 0814-0030
Other Titles Title on cover and spine: Riji and jakoli
Kimberley pearl shell
Riji and Jakoli : Kimberley pearlshell in aboriginal Australia