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Art and land : aboriginal sculptures of the Lake Eyre region / by Philip Jones and Peter Sutton with special assistance by Kaye Clark.

Title
Art and land : aboriginal sculptures of the Lake Eyre region / by Philip Jones and Peter Sutton with special assistance by Kaye Clark.
Author
Jones, Philip, 1955-
Publication
Adelaide : South Australian Museum in association with Wakefield Press, 1986.

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Additional Authors
  • Sutton, Peter, 1946-
  • Clarke, Kaye.
  • South Australian Museum.
Description
144 p. : ill. (some col.); 28 cm.
Summary
Exhibition catalogue including detailed description of toas and dog models collected by J. G. Reuther from Diyari people at Killalpaninna Lutheran Mission; includes detailed assessment of historical and ethnographic sources relating to the culture, contact history and mission history of the area, an assessment of Reuther as missionary and ethnographer, and a history of the collection (including authenticity, display and research); also discusses types, symbolism and materials.
Subject
  • Reuther, Johann Georg, 1861-1914 > Art collections
  • Sculpture, Aboriginal Australian > Australia > Eyre, Lake, Region (S. Aust.)
  • Diyari (Australian people)
  • Aboriginal Australians > Australia > Eyre, Lake, Region (S. Aust.)
Note
  • Includes index.
Bibliography (note)
  • Bibliography: p. 141-142.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
ISBN
0949268909 (pbk.)
LCCN
^^^86203562^
OCLC
  • 16923428
  • SCSB-13429986
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library