Reference: Aboriginal Art - Western Australian Art Gallery Collection, introduction by Frank Norton. works described and illustrated, chiefly from Western Australia and Arnhem Land; 109 works listed with diagrams, by living W.A. Aboriginal artists.
Booklet illustrating 110 items from collections, preface notes expansion of collection from nucleus donated by American-Australian Arnhem Land Expedition; items illustrated in monochrome with brief notes on sizes, colours, provenance, uses & some brief versions of myths, includes grave posts (Melville & Bathurst Islands, Elcho Island, Milingimbi, Yirrkala, Maningrida), bark paintings (Croker Island, Oenpelli, Port Keats, Groote Eylandt, Milingimbi, Maningrida, Melville Island, Yirrkala), ritual objects, figures of Wawalag sisters & posts (Yirrkala), carved animals, clapsticks, didgeridoos, spearheads, shield (Windy Corner, W.A.), pearshell pubic covering (Broome), rock engraving (Port Hedland); map shows approximate locations; brief notes on preparation of wooden posts & bark for painting, pigments & brushes, lists artists by area.
Publishing details: The Western Australian Art Gallery Board, 1969. Quarto, illustrated wrappers (designed by Frank Norton), pp. 15, 109, AGWA, 1969, 15pp (back cover missing)
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