Ancestral Connections Art and an Aboriginal System of Knowledge

Name: Ancestral Connections Art and an Aboriginal System of Knowledge
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ISBN: 9780226538662

ISBN-10: 0226538664

ISBN-13: 9780226538662

Edition: 1991

Authors: Howard Morphy

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Ancestral Connections unlocks the inner meaning of Australian Aboriginal bark painting. Drawing on more than ten years of fieldwork among the Yolngu--an Aboriginal people of Northeast Arnhem Land--and applying both anthropological and art historical methods, Howard Morphy explores systematically the graphic representation of traditional knowledge in Yolngu art. He also charts the role that art has played in Aboriginal society both present and past. The rich symbolism of Yolngu art links the Yolngu directly with the "Dreaming," the time of world-creation that continues as the spiritual dimension of the present. Morphy shows how a complex dialectic of "inside" and "outside" interpretations…

Book details

List price: $53.00
Copyright year: 1991
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Publication date: 3/1/1992
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 348
Size: 0.61" wide x 0.89" long x 0.08" tall
Weight: 1.034



List of Figures


Preface and Acknowledgments



Introduction



Art for Sale



Yolngu Society: An Outline



The Rights to Paint



Inside and Outside: The Yolngu System of Knowledge



Paintings as Meaningful Objects



The Meanings of Paintings in Ceremony



The Components of Yolngu Art



Changing with the Times: Categories of Art and the Composition of Paintings



Manggalili Iconography



Yingapungapu



Nyapililngu's Blood



Conclusion: Yolngu Art and the Creativity of the Inside Note on Orthography


Glossary


References


Index