From Curio to Curation : The Morrison collection of Aboriginal wooden artefacts

Mulvaney, Richard

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From Curio to Curation : The Morrison collection of Aboriginal wooden artefacts

Date

1983

Authors

Mulvaney, Richard

Abstract

The aim of this thesis is to offer a descriptive catalogue of a collection of Aboriginal wooden artefacts that originally was assembled tit the end of the 19th century by a resident of Singleton, in the Hunter Vnlley, Mr Alex Morrison. The collection's existence was brought to my attention by Dr Ron Lampert of the Australian Museum in 1982. After the museum's recent acquisition of the artefacts, he felt that they warranted Immediate research and documentation.