By Philip Jones
‘Provenance’ is a flexible term. Its meaning and its relevance may shift from one context or another. In the art and artefact market it usually refers to links in the chain of ownership, exhibition and publication. In the museum field such links are only the most recent in a longer sequence extending back to original contexts of manufacture, use or trade within Aboriginal Australia or at the frontier of European contact.
Provenance research is less of a priority these days, particularly as museums . . .
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