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Artwork
Areta Wilkinson (Artist), Mark Adams (Artist)

16.08.2016. Moa leg. Von Haast. Ōtautahi Christchurch. Collection of Museum of Zoology. University of Cambridge. Cambridge. England

2016

16.08.2016. Moa leg. Von Haast. Ōtautahi Christchurch. Collection of Museum of Zoology. University of Cambridge. Cambridge. England

Artwork information

Areta Wilkinson’s and Mark Adams’s collaborative project Repatriation began in 2009 when they were both visiting Cambridge University’s Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology (MAA).

They gained access to Moa bones which had been gifted to the Museum by Julius Von Haast.

Iwi/Ethnicity
Kai Tahu/MāoriKāti Māmoe/MāoriWaitaha/Māori
Title
16.08.2016. Moa leg. Von Haast. Ōtautahi Christchurch. Collection of Museum of Zoology. University of Cambridge. Cambridge. England
Production date
2016
Medium
photogram on Silver Bromide fibre based paper
Dimensions
1817 x 597 x 60 mm
Credit line
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 2018
Accession No
2018/35
Copyright
Copying restrictions apply
Department
New Zealand Art
Display status
Not on display

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