Encounters
Subtitle: revealing stories of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander objects from the British Museum
By: National Museum of Australia
Publisher: National Museum of Australia Press
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Canberra, ACT
Language: eng
Number of pages: 240
ISBN-13: 9781921953262
Subjects: Aboriginal Australians; Exhibitions; Antiquities; Torres Strait Islanders
Description: This book is published to accompany a groundbreaking exhibition at the National Museum of Australia in Canberra, in which rare historic objects collected during encounters between settlers and first peoples are displayed alongside more recent artworks and artefacts made in the communities of origin. Encounters provides a stunning visual record of these objects, most of which are displayed in Australia for the first time since they were collected. But, more importantly, it frames the objects with the voices of the people whose ancestors first made and used them. In doing so, it reveals how these objects are not just a glimpse of lives past, but continue to be embraced by living cultures today.
Notes: Published to accompany the exhibition held at the National Museum of Australia, November 27, 2015 to March 28, 2016.

Includes bibliographical references.