Alex Ressel
Biographic Data
| ID | 4071870 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Alex Ressel |
| GIVEN NAMES | Alex |
| FAMILY NAME | Ressel |
| SIGNATURE | RESSEL A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Griffith University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 2 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 2 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Majumbu (‘Old Harry’) and the Spencer-Cahill bark painting collection
From 1912, British anthropologist W. Baldwin Spencer and buffalo-shooter Paddy Cahill collected 163 bark paintings made by artists who also painted in rock shelters in western Arnhem Land, Northern Territory. Spencer made detailed notes about the bark paintings, secret/sacred objects, and other material culture he collected and some rock art, as well as genealogies and other details of the Aboriginal people he encountered but did not record the n…
Extraordinary Back-to-Back Human and Animal Figures in the Art of Western Arnhem Land, Australia
Depictions of mythical beings appear in many different forms of art world-wide, including rock art of various ages. In this paper we explore a particular type of imagery, back-to-back figures, consisting of two human-like figures or animals of the same species next to each other and facing in opposite directions. Some human-like doubles were joined at the back rather than side-by-side, but also face opposite directions. In this paper, we report o…
Majumbu (‘Old Harry’) and the Spencer-Cahill bark painting collection
From 1912, British anthropologist W. Baldwin Spencer and buffalo-shooter Paddy Cahill collected 163 bark paintings made by artists who also painted in rock shelters in western Arnhem Land, Northern Territory. Spencer made detailed notes about the bark paintings, secret/sacred objects, and other material culture he collected and some rock art, as well as genealogies and other details of the Aboriginal people he encountered but did not record the n…
Extraordinary Back-to-Back Human and Animal Figures in the Art of Western Arnhem Land, Australia
Depictions of mythical beings appear in many different forms of art world-wide, including rock art of various ages. In this paper we explore a particular type of imagery, back-to-back figures, consisting of two human-like figures or animals of the same species next to each other and facing in opposite directions. Some human-like doubles were joined at the back rather than side-by-side, but also face opposite directions. In this paper, we report o…
Majumbu (‘Old Harry’) and the Spencer-Cahill bark painting collection
From 1912, British anthropologist W. Baldwin Spencer and buffalo-shooter Paddy Cahill collected 163 bark paintings made by artists who also painted in rock shelters in western Arnhem Land, Northern Territory. Spencer made detailed notes about the bark paintings, secret/sacred objects, and other material culture he collected and some rock art, as well as genealogies and other details of the Aboriginal people he encountered but did not record the n…
Archaeology (2 works) · Archaeology and Rock Art Studies (2 works) · Art (2 works) · Art history (2 works) · Geography (2 works) · History (2 works) · Painting (2 works) · Visual arts (2 works) · Advertising (1 works) · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (1 works)