ChickensCollection Highlights | Updated 1 decade agoArtist: Michael Dube Tourist art chickens made from plastic rubbish and supermarket bags. A sustainable enterprise for urban poor. Collected at Durban, South Africa. Donated by Joan Wardrop and Colin Muller. More information
Indigenous cultures and the Ancient WorldCollections | Updated 1 years agoThe Anthropology and Archaeology department Indigenous cultures and the Ancient World collection, formerly known as the foreign ethnology collection, includes cultural items from Africa, Asia, the Americas, the Pacific and Melanesia, and Europe. Since the Museum opened in the 1890s it has worked to bring the world to Western Australians and to position the State in a global context.More information
Glass Kimberley pointsCollection Highlights | Updated 1 decade agoThese bifacially flaked points are iconic objects from the Kimberley region of Western Australia. Traditionally produced from stone, the introduction of glass inspired the creation of wonderfully colourful and translucent objects that quickly became sought after collector items. More information
Dimpled GrindstoneCollection Highlights | Updated 1 decade agoSouth west grindstones are typically small and have dimples on the flat surfaces. They are interpreted as multi-purpose tools used as an anvil in stone tool knapping, for cracking hard seeds such as Santalum spp. and for grinding the tips of wooden artefacts. Donated by M. Turkovich, from deceased estate. More information
Clam shell toolsCollection Highlights | Updated 1 decade agoScrapers or adzes (wood-working tools) made from clam shells, Tridacna sp. Yardie Creek. Collected during doctoral research by former WA Museum staff archaeologist, Kate Morse, 1984. More information
BottlesCollection Highlights | Updated 1 decade agoBottle dump. Perth Metropolitan region, WA. Evidence of early waste disposal in Western Australia, now covered by modern development. Collected by WA Museum staff. More information
Bifacially flaked glassCollection Highlights | Updated 1 decade agoThe base of a vegemite jar has been struck from both faces. It resembles a Kimberley point. More information
Archaeology collectionCollections | Updated 1 years agoThe Archaeology Collection from the Anthropology and Archaeology department focuses on Western Australian Aboriginal archaeological materials, predominantly stone tools, but including plant and faunal materials from excavated sites. The collection also focuses on Western Australian Historic Archaeology, predominantly material from sites that relate to non-Aboriginal settlement e.g. convict/ police sites and including contact period sites where Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal cultural materials intersect e.g. pastoral stations, missions, Lock Hospitals.More information
Hot wire impressed animalsCollection Highlights | Updated 1 decade agoGoanna, echidna, goanna, bean pod [left to right]. Drawing on the animals and plants that were traditional food, Desert people produce a range of hot wire impressed models. They serve not only to delight visitors who purchase them, but for local children, they confirm which animals are good eating. Collected by Diane Nicholson 1970s; donated by Sarah Nicholson 2007. More information
Drawing on cardboardCollection Highlights | Updated 1 decade agoArtist unknown, Kalumburu area. Ochre on cardboard. Registered 1995. More information