Work

Night Skies of Aboriginal Australia: A Noctuary

Year: 2014
Type: book
Abstract: Cover imageThis 40 x 60cm painting is by Mick Namerari Tjapaltjarri, a Pintupi man born c.1925.Painted in 1978, it depicts the rising sun on the right hand side, with the daylight behind it, chasing away the black night on the left.The central circles are labelled a 'special place' and the white dots are painted stones, although they could also be seen as stars or campfires.
Language: English
Subfield: Anthropology
Open Access status: hybrid
OpenAlex ID: W1540598475
FWCI: 5.836
Cites: 69
Cited by: 43
Related to: 10