AYERS ROCK: ITS PEOPLE, THEIR BELIEFS AND THEIR ART
Written by Charles P. Mountford
Published by Angus & Robertson Ltd.
in 1965
- Categorised in:
- TOPOGRAPHY (FOREIGN)
- AUSTRALIA
- ABORIGINE
- GEOLOGY
- CAVES AND CAVING
AYERS ROCK: ITS PEOPLE, THEIR BELIEFS AND THEIR ART
Written by Charles P. Mountford.
Stock no. 1830527
1st.
1965.
Hardback.
Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.
This is a study of the huge monolith that rises over 1,100 feet in the western desert of central Australia, and the daily life, beliefs and art forms of its aboriginal inhabitants, the Pitjandjara tribe. Brown cloth boards, gilt title to spine. 5 colour plates, b/w plates and figures to text. Fold out pages of cave painting sites. xiv and 208 pages including index. Text block lightly browned. Contents clean. Price-cut pictorial dustwrapper is edge-worn with slight loss and closed tears, spine lightly faded.
Front cover
Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- Part One
- THE PITJANDJARA AND THEIR LANDS
- 1 The Tribal Land
- 2 Hunting and Food Gathering Equipment
- 3 Means of Gaining a Livelihood in the Desert
- 4 The Tribal Organisation
- Part Two
- THE BELIEFS OF THE PITJANDJARA
- 5 The Creation Beliefs
- 6 The Topography of Ayers Rock
- 7 The Myths of Ayers Rock
- (a) The Carpet-snakes, Kunia, and the Venomous Snakes, Liru
- (b) The Hare-wallabies, Mala, and the Spirit Dingo, Kulpunya
- (c) the Lizard-men, Kandju and Linga
- (d) The Marsupial Moles, Itjari-tjari
- (e) The Man and Woman, Kadidi
- (f) The Sleepy-lizard man, Meta-lungana
- (g) The Willy-wagtail Woman, Tjinderi-tjinderiba
- (h) The Mythical Snake, Wanambi
- Part Three
- THE ART OF AYERS ROCK
- 8 The Art of the Rock Engravings
- 9 The Art of the Sacred Objects
- 10 The Art of the Cave Paintings
- Summary
- Bibliography
- Index