Australian Museum Journal F. D. McCarthy’s string figures from Yirrkala: a museum perspective. In F.D. McCarthy, Commemorative Papers (Archaeology, Anthropology, Rock Art), ed. Jim Specht
- Shortform:
- Florek, 1993, Rec. Aust. Mus., Suppl. 17: 117–124
- Author(s):
- Florek, Stan
- Year published:
- 1993
- Title:
- F. D. McCarthy’s string figures from Yirrkala: a museum perspective. In F.D. McCarthy, Commemorative Papers (Archaeology, Anthropology, Rock Art), ed. Jim Specht
- Serial title:
- Records of the Australian Museum, Supplement
- Volume:
- 17
- Start page:
- 117
- End page:
- 124
- DOI:
- 10.3853/j.0812-7387.17.1993.63
- Language:
- English
- Date published:
- 27 May 1993
- Cover date:
- 27 May 1993
- ISBN:
- ISBN 0-7310-0280-6
- ISSN:
- 0812-7387
- CODEN:
- RAMSEZ
- Publisher:
- The Australian Museum
- Place published:
- Sydney, Australia
- Subjects:
- ANTHROPOLOGY; AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM; CULTURE: INDIGENOUS; ETHNOGRAPHY
- Digitized:
- 16 June 2009
- Reference number:
- 63
- EndNote package:
- EndNote file
- Title page:
- Title page (98kb PDF)
- Complete work:
- Complete work (1805kb PDF)
Abstract
In 1948 F.D. McCarthy collected 196 string figures in the course of the American-Australian Expedition to Arnhem Land. This paper presents an account of the current status of this collection, together with a catalogue to supplement McCarthys published data.