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The perils of ethnographic provenance; the documentation of the Johnson Fiji collection in the South Australian Museum
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Ewins, R, The perils of ethnographic provenance; the documentation of the Johnson Fiji collection in the South Australian Museum, Hunting the collectors: Pacific collections in Australian museums, art galleries and archives, Cambridge Scholars Publishing, Cochrane, Susan & Quanchi, Max (ed), Newcastle, pp. 33-68. ISBN 1-84718-084-1 (2007) [Research Book Chapter]
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Copyright 2007 Rod Ewins
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Abstract
This essay addresses the vexed questions of provenance and authenticity of objects
that have been collected and made accessible for study. And calls for all exploration of the way in which these have often been uncritically accepted solely on the basis of notes and comments made by the original collectors. The difficulty is that the authority with which collectors were able to speak varied enormously, and even when the collectors obtained objects personally from the original owners, it cannot be assumed that they understood clearly the names, purposes or provenance of the objects they obtained.
Item Details
| Item Type: | Research Book Chapter |
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| Keywords: | provenance, authenticity, artifacts, ethnography, museum |
| Research Division: | Creative Arts and Writing |
| Research Group: | Art history, theory and criticism |
| Research Field: | Visual cultures |
| Objective Division: | Culture and Society |
| Objective Group: | Understanding past societies |
| Objective Field: | Understanding past societies not elsewhere classified |
| UTAS Author: | Ewins, R (Associate Professor Rod Ewins) |
| ID Code: | 74691 |
| Year Published: | 2007 |
| Deposited By: | Art (Hobart) |
| Deposited On: | 2011-12-12 |
| Last Modified: | 2012-10-17 |
| Downloads: | 1 View Download Statistics |
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