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The social construction of the John Forrest Australian Aboriginal ethnographic collection : past and present / Ian Coates, 1989.

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Field name	Details
Author	Coates, Ian (author)
Title	The social construction of the John Forrest Australian Aboriginal ethnographic collection : past and present / Ian Coates, 1989.
Publisher and/or associated date/s	1989.
Description	155 unnumbered leaves ; illustrations, maps ; 31 cm.
Dissertation	Thesis (B.A. Hons., partial fulfilment) - Dept. of Prehistory and Anthropology, Australian National University, Canberra, A.C.T., 1989.
Bibliography	Bibliography leaves 62-69.
Conditions of access	Copying permitted for private study. Closed copying of photographs and art works - Depositor's permission. Not for Inter-Library Loan.
Summary	An analysis and description of the Forrest Ethnographic collection from Western Australia; examines the way the construction of this collection reflects both Aboriginal and European societies and relates this to the problem of extracting information from museum collections; boomerangs; clubs; shields; spears; spearthrowers; utensils of skin, wood, fibre and other materials; traditional territorial groupings.
Local note	Typescript (photocopy)
Subjects	Forrest, John Forrest, -- Baron,1847-1918
	Cultural heritage - Protection - Museums and keeping places
	Material culture - Fur and skin objects and decorations
	Technology - Utensils
	Weapons - Boomerangs
	Weapons - Clubs and fighting sticks
	Weapons - Shields
	Weapons - Spears
	Weapons - Spearthrowers
	Western Australia (WA)
	Canberra (ACT SI55-16)
	Victoria (Vic)
Call number	THESIS COATES 1989

Item Information
Barcode	Shelf Location	Collection	Volume Ref.	Status	Due Date
A00966455	THESIS COATES 1989	Theses collection		. Not for Loan .