I. M. Crawford's The Art of the Wandjina, Oxford University Press Melbourne with the Western Australian Museum, 1968, is a scholarly ethnography. Its strength is that Crawford, Curator of Anthropology and Archaeology at the Museum, built the book on five Kimberley expeditions with Aboriginal guides between 1962 and 1966, and it remains the standard reference for the Wandjina panels and the repainting practice at the sites. Its limit is that it was published before current custodial protocols were formalised and its framing is dated in places, so the atlas cites it for description of the sites rather than for questions of permission or access.
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Reliability tier 1: a scholarly ethnography from Oxford University Press Melbourne with the Western Australian Museum, built on the author's own field expeditions with Aboriginal guides, the standard reference for its sites though published before current custodial protocols were formalised. NotesCrawford was Curator of Anthropology and Archaeology at the Western Australian Museum; the book rests on five Kimberley expeditions with Aboriginal guides, fieldwork carried out 1962 to 1966. Standard reference for the Wandjina panels, the repainting practice and the sites. Dated in its framing and published before the current custodial protocols were formalised, so it is cited here for description and not for questions of permission.
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AuthorI. M. Crawford
PublisherOxford University Press, Melbourne, in association with the Western Australian Museum
Publication Year1968
Source TypeEthnography
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