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Title: Weaving lives together at Bawaka: North East Arnhem Land
Author/Creator: Burarrwanga, Lak Lak; Maymuru, Djawundil; Ganambarr, Banbapuy; Wright, Sarah; Suchet-Pearson, Sandie; Lloyd, Kate; Ganambarr, Ritjilili
Institution: University of Newcastle. Faculty of Science & Information Technology, School of Environmental and Life Sciences
Description: The book is a collaboration between five senior Yolngu women from north-east Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, Australia and three academic women from Macquarie University and Newcastle University in New South Wales, Australia. The book is written from a Yolngu perspective and shares the processes and methods of weaving and its preparation. Importantly, its storytelling and images discuss the metaphoric and cultural significance of weaving for Yolngu women.
Relation: http://www.newcastle.edu.au/school/environmental-and-life-sciences
Date: 2008
Publisher: University of Newcastle, School of Environmental and Life Sciences, Centre for Urban and Regional Studies
Keyword(s): basket making; weaving; Aboriginal Australian women; social life and customs
Resource Type: book
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/43651
Identifier: ISBN:9780980424201

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