INTRODUCTION

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. PREFACE V
3. TABLE OF CONTENTS VII
4. LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS XI
5. A PRELIMINARY CONSIDERATION OF ABORIGINAL AUSTRALIAN DECORATIVE ART XV
6. INTRODUCTION 1
7. DECORATIVE ART OF THE AUSTRALIANS 3
8. TECHNIQUES OF DECORATION 5
9. OBJECTS DECORATED 9
10. WEAPONS 13
11. BASKETS AND CONTAINERS 47
12. VARIOUS OBJECTS OF REGIONAL OR LOCAL SIGNIFICANCE 56
13. BULLROARERS, CHURINGA AND OTHER SACRED OBJECTS 70
14. SYMBOLISM 89
15. DISTRIBUTION OF DESIGN ELEMENTS 105
16. DESIGN AREAS 133
17. CONCLUSIONS 138
18. BIBLIOGRAPHY 140
19. INDEX 144