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Baskets & belonging : indigenous Australian histories / Lissant Bolton.

Title
Baskets & belonging : indigenous Australian histories / Lissant Bolton.
Author
Bolton, Lissant, 1954-
Publication
London : The British Museum Press, 2011.

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British Museum
Description
95 p. : ill.; 20 x 20 cm.
Summary
Drawing on the British Museum's collection of indigenous Australian baskets, this book provides an accessible, concise introduction to the subject, placing the baskets in their cultural, regional and artistic context. It features 50 fine examples, including both historic and contemporary pieces.
Alternative Title
Baskets and belonging
Subject
  • Arts, Aboriginal Australian > Exhibitions
  • Basket making > Australia > Exhibitions
  • Weaving > Australia > Exhibitions
  • Textile crafts > Australia > Exhibitions
Genre/Form
Exhibition catalogs
Note
  • Published to accompany the exhibition, Baskets and belonging: indigenous Australian histories, at the British Museum from 26 May to 11 September 2011.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 93).
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Portable canvases -- Sculptural forms -- Spiralling generations -- Loops and knots -- Not lost, just sleeping -- Coiling outwards.
ISBN
  • 0714125997
  • 9780714125992
OCLC
  • 698911452
  • SCSB-10371051
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library