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Everywhen : the eternal present in indigenous art from Australia

by Stephen Gilchrist, Henry F. Skerritt, Hetti Perkins, Fred R. Myers, Shawn C. Rowlands, Narayan Khandekar, Georgina Rayner, Daniel P. Kirby

This volume explores contemporary Indigenous Australian art through concepts of time and its relationship to the land. It features bark paintings and historical objects organised around themes of ritual and seasonality, including technical examinations and cultural essays.

Accession 12572 ISBN 9781891771682 Publisher Harvard Art Museums
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