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Author Hutcherson, Gillian.

Title Gong-wapitja : women and art from Yirrkala, northeast Arnhem Land / Gillian Hutcherson
Published Canberra : Aboriginal Studies Press, 1998

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 W'BOOL  704.042 Hut/Gww  AVAILABLE
Description xiii, 113 pages : color illustrations, maps ; 27 cm
Contents Introduction -- 1. Weaving -- 2. Carving -- 3. Painting I: Creators of land -- 4. Painting II: Givers of life -- 5. Painting III: Makers of law -- 6. New ways -- 7. Both ways -- 8. Balance
Summary Diversity of art and stories of Aboriginal women from Yirrkala; spinning and weaving; carving; bark painting; murals; significance of the digging stick; stories on the way of life, ceremonial practices, ancestral spirit creators and creators of the landscape
Analysis Aboriginal culture
Aboriginal women
Arnhem Land
Art
Crafts
Yirrkala (NT)
Notes Includes index
Bibliography Bibliography: page 111
Subject Art, Aboriginal Australian -- Australia -- Yirrkala (N.T.)
Art, Australian -- Australia -- Yirrkala (N.T.) -- Aboriginal artists
Art, Australian -- Australia -- Yirrkala (N.T.) -- 20th century.
Art, Australian -- Australia -- Yirrkala (N.T.) -- Aboriginal artists -- 20th century
Art, Australian -- Australia -- Yirrkala (N.T.) -- Artists, Aboriginal Australian
Art, Modern -- 20th century -- Australia -- Yirrkala (N.T.)
Art, Modern -- 20th century -- Australia -- Northern Territory -- Yirrkala
Art, Modern -- 20th century.
Artists, Aboriginal Australian -- Australia -- Yirrkala (N.T.)
Artists, Aboriginal Australian.
Mythology, Aboriginal Australian, in art.
Women artisans -- Australia -- Yirrkala (N.T.)
Women artists -- Australia -- Yirrkala (N.T.)
Women artists, Aboriginal Australian -- Australia -- Yirrkala (N.T.)
Yolngu (Australian people)
Yolngu (Australian people) -- Art.
Author Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies.
LC no. 98213267
ISBN 0855753153 (paperback)
Other Titles WOmen and art from Yirrkala
Women and art from Arnhem Land
Gong wapitja