Discovering Cook's collections / edited by Michelle Hetherington and Howard Morphy
- Bib ID:
- 4734010
- Format:
- Book
- Description:
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- Canberra, A.C.T. : National Museum of Australia, 2009
- v, 130 p. : ill. (some col.), facsims., col. maps ; 23 cm.
- ISBN:
- 9781876944575
- Summary:
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"Discovering Cook's collections focuses on the collections of art and material culture brought back from the Pacific on Captain Cook's voyages ... The essays explore the history of the collections, their dispersal through the museums and private collections of Europe and the different ways in which they have been interpreted over time." -- Back cover.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Subject:
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- Cook, James, 1728-1779 -- Ethnological collections
- National Museum of Australia -- Exhibitions
- Art objects -- Oceania
- Material culture -- Oceania
- Indigenous peoples - Pacific
- Cultural heritage - Protection - Museums and keeping places - Collections and acquisitions
- Technology
- Indigenous peoples - Pacific - Maori
- Tonga
- Tahiti
- Pacific Islands
- Other authors/contributors:
- Copyright:
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- Reason for copyright status:
- Creator Date of Death is Before 1955
Copyright status was determined using the following information:
- Material type:
- Literary Dramatic Musical
- Presumed date of death of creator (latest date):
- 1854
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 1844
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