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Inspired by country : bark paintings from Northern Australia - the Gerd and Helga Plewig Collection / [Editor, Michaela Appel, Museum Funf Kontinente]

Record no:

86410

Call no:

C/572.994 INS

Author:

Appel, Michaela ; Museum Funf Kontinente (Munich, Germany)

Publisher:

Munich: Hirmer

Year:

2022

Description:

375 p. : col. ill., maps, ports. ; 32 cm.

Subject:

Australian Aborigines - Northern Territory - Arnhem Land - Bark paintings - Exhibitions;
Bark paintings - Private collections;
Yolngu (Australian people);
Australian Aborigines - Northern Territory - Arnhem Land - Material culture;

Isbn:

9783777439167

Notes:

Published on the occasion of the exhibition: Inspired by country : bark paintings from Northern Australia - the Gerd and Helga Plewig collection, Museum Funf Kontinente, Munich, March 18-September 18, 2022.

Type:

Book

Abstract:

The Gerd and Helga Plewig Collection of Bark Paintings from Northern Australia, with works mainly from the 1950s to 1970s, is presently considered the best collection of its kind outside of Australia. It includes works from the Kimberley, Wadeye, the

Tiwi Islands, Arnhem Land and Groote Eylandt by artists like Yirawala, Mawalan Marika and Mungurrawuy Yunupingu.

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Result	Links	Location	Library	Shelf no	Status	Year	Volume	Copy
1		Anthropology	Western Australian Museum	C/572.994 INS	On Shelf	2022