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Is aboriginal art traditional

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Anonymous

15y ago
Updated: 8/18/2019

Yes it is, aboriginal originally means traditional, or original, or something along those lines. Of course it doesn't just refer to the swirly lines you see on Australian Aborigines, aboriginal is just reffering to a group of people that were the first to inhabit a region or country

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