New book explores Indigenous Australian collections in museums across the UK for first time
Emu feather skirt, from Port Phillip District. This is the earliest known emu feather skirt from the state of Victoria. The feathers of such skirts are typically tied on with vegetable fibre string but this one uses wire. Acquired in 1836 by pastoralist John von Stieglitz (180968). Donated by Von Stieglitz to Belfast Natural History and Philosophical Society in 1856; gifted in 1910 to Belfast Museum. Ulster Museum, Belfast. L. 84 cm W. 21 cm. Photograph reproduced courtesy the Trustees of National Museums Northern Ireland.
LONDON
.- Museums across Great Britain and Ireland hold Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultural heritage of exceptional value. Until now these collections have been largely unknown, rarely seen and sometimes misunderstood.
Ulster Folk Museum to celebrate Ferguson Tractor day this weekend
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