Designs on the Future: Aboriginal Painted Shields and Baskets Of Tropical North Queensland, Australia

Designs on the Future: Aboriginal Painted Shields and Baskets Of Tropical North Queensland, Australia

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Iconic painted shields and baskets made by Aboriginal people of the North Queensland rainforest region have been collected and placed in museums all over the world. We describe the historical ethnographic context of the production and use of these things and explore transformations in their value th...

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Main Authors: Bård Aaberge, Trish Barnard, Shelley Greer, Rosita Henry
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: James Cook University 2014-08-01
Series:eTropic: electronic journal of studies in the tropics
Subjects:
aboriginal
north queensland
rainforest
wet tropics
historical
ethnographic
value
museums
collectors
shields
baskets
Online Access:https://journals.jcu.edu.au/etropic/article/view/3314/3258

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