A beautifully illustrated and designed, authoritative guide to the art of the Tiwi Islands.
The dangreous waters separating mainland Australia from Bathurst and Melville Islands have seen the blossoming of an art and culture unique to the Tiwi people. Often abstract and geometric, with strong patterns and use of colour, it is the basis for the shapes of traditional carvings, such as that used in burial ceremonies, and, more recently, on fabric, paper, pottery, canvas and jewellery.
- ISBN10 0522858554
- ISBN13 9780522858556
- Publish Date 3 December 2012
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 26 December 2016
- Publish Country AU
- Imprint Melbourne University Press
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 256
- Language English