Wet season hutCollection Highlights | Updated 1 decade agoWet season hut. A demonstration model made by Mary Pandilow, Kalumburu. More information
Image, black and white negativeCollection Highlights | Updated 1 decade agoSam Ulagudjah, Worora elder, painting a baler shell (A16262), 1965. Photographer Ian Crawford. More information
Image, 35mm transparencyCollection Highlights | Updated 1 decade agoDugout canoe on the strand line, Jacob’s Beach, Kimberley. Kimberley people with whom Ian worked said they ‘borrowed’ the idea of making dugouts from Indonesian visitors. More information
Painted baler shellCollection Highlights | Updated 1 decade agoArtist: Sam Ulagudjah, Worora. Painted at Doubtful Bay. The unpainted shell was collected from nearby Hall Point. Collected by Ian Crawford, 1965. More information
Crawford collection - West Kimberley images 1961-1993Collections | Updated 1 years agoFormer staff member Ian Crawford was the Western Australian Museum’s first Curator of Anthropology & Archaeology, appointed in 1961. Between 1961 and 1993 he made 30 fieldtrips to the Kimberley, working with Aboriginal communities focusing on research into art and mythology, contact with Indonesian and Malay fishermen, maintenance of knowledge of traditional resource use and mission history. His photographic collection includes around 30,000 images. This extensive image collection reflects Crawford’s work with Kimberley community members, particularly Kalumburu.More information
NecklaceCollection Highlights | Updated 1 decade agoBead and shell neck ornament. Collected by R and G Nicholls in Papua New Guinea 1971-1973. More information
Salampasu maskCollection Highlights | Updated 1 decade agoMask, copper sheeting over wood, with raffia ‘hair’. Collected by S. Davis, Zaire, before 1974. More information
Sago potCollection Highlights | Updated 1 decade agoArtist unknown Collected from the Middle Sepik region of New Guinea by Dr Gresley Clarkson between 1966-1975. More information
Hydria - Water JarCollection Highlights | Updated 1 decade agoClay Water Jar from Bari, Apulia Italy. Decorated with an image of a female face and dated to the late 4th Century BC. Collected by Professor Enrico Giglioli, 1902. More information
Wedding bowlCollection Highlights | Updated 1 decade agoArtist unknown. Painted clay pot with double spouts joined by twisted clay handle. Collected from Acoma New Mexico. Donated by Mrs A de Castro 1980. More information