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Objects

Stolen God in Museum

26/11/2022 All Journal Articles, Members Only, Objects, V27 Issue 4, Volume 27

Page five of the News (Adelaide, SA) on Saturday 3rd March 1934 featured the headline 'Stolen God in Museum' and this account of how and when the carved figure arrived at the South Australian Museum.

Murlapaka – A Kaurna Touchstone for the Art Gallery of South Australia

07/06/2022 Members Only, Objects, V27 Issue 2

by Jim Elmslie At times, the landing page of the website of the Art Gallery of South Australia (AGSA) features an extremely rare and culturally significant shield which also now …

Travels of the Lily: from Lake Sentani to the National Gallery

31/05/2021 Objects, V26 Issue 2

by Crispin Howarth Main image caption: Le Lys as currently displayed in the exhibition ‘Emotional Bodies’ next to works by artists including Miro, Epstein and Modigliani. Image courtesy National Gallery of …

A Bird-Headed Kanak club in Norwich

29/11/2020 Objects, V25 Issue 4

by Carolina Gallarini While objects from Oceania can be viewed in several museums in the United Kingdom including the British Museum in London, the National Museums of Scotland or the …

The Social Life of Aboriginal Breastplates: Encoded Objects of Colonisation

11/06/2018 Artefacts, Objects, V23 Issue 2

By Angel Bottaro The preservation of Aboriginal breastplates, with a degree of empathetic imagination, evoke powerful stories of colonisation. The physical weight of the objects around one’s neck and the …

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