ETHOC 028210

arbre gravé

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028210
Engraved tree
Australia, New South Wales, Euabalong
Wiradjuri or Gamilaroi. Late 19th – early 20th century
Wood
Exchange with the Australian Museum in Sydney in 1959
MEG Inv. ETHOC 028210
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From field to museum

Taking objects out of their original context and exhibiting them in a museum gives them a new meaning. They used to be utilitarian or religious, status symbols or hunting weapons and they become storytellers with a new aim, that of giving museum goers access to knowledge of ethnic groups living elsewhere and otherwise.

Extract

To make something into a museum object, it must first be extracted from its original context, like these trees which were carved by aboriginal people and then cut down.


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