Dugout canoe sitting on the sea shore

Image, 35mm transparency

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Dugout 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.

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A baler shell painted with rows of dots

Painted baler shell

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Artist: Sam Ulagudjah, Worora.

Painted at Doubtful Bay. The unpainted shell was collected from nearby Hall Point.

Collected by Ian Crawford, 1965.
 

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Dugout canoe on a beach

Crawford collection - West Kimberley images 1961-1993

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Former 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.

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Woven necklace of seashells arranged for a photo

Necklace

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Bead and shell neck ornament. Collected by R and G Nicholls in Papua New Guinea 1971-1973.

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An African mask

Salampasu mask

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Mask, copper sheeting over wood, with raffia ‘hair’.

Collected by S. Davis, Zaire, before 1974.

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A large sago pot from new Guinea

Sago pot

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Artist unknown

Collected from the Middle Sepik region of New Guinea by Dr Gresley Clarkson between 1966-1975.
 

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A painted Roman water jar

Hydria - Water Jar

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Clay 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.
 

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An ornately painted wedding bowl

Wedding bowl

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Artist unknown.

Painted clay pot with double spouts joined by twisted clay handle. Collected from Acoma New Mexico.

Donated by Mrs A de Castro 1980.
 

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