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'We don't do dots -- ours is lines': Asserting a Barkindji style, by Lorraine Gibson. (Oceania, v. 78, no. 3, November 2008, pp. 280-298)

"This paper offers an ethnographic exploration of the assertion of a 'Barkindji style' art: why this matters and to whom it matters. Focusing particularly on the Darling River area of Wilcannia and on the period from the 1980s to the present, the increasing interest in art-making by local Aboriginal people is considered. Through a dialogue with artists, artworks, and others, the work examines the changing form, design and content of art and the role of art in defining ideas of Barkindji Aboriginal culture and tradition ..." -- Abstract

War shields of the Torricelli Mountains, West Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea, by Barry Craig, Gilbert Lewis, William E. Mitchell. (Oceania, v. 78, no. 3, November 2008, pp. 241-259)

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