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Introduction to Collections

The Anthropology Branch manages vast ethnographic and archaeological collections of great indigenous, cultural and scientific significance.

• Cultural Collections Overview
• Repatriation

The collections are divided into the following broad sections:

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Collections

• Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Ethnographic Collections
  • Children's Toys
  • Marli (boomerang)
• Aboriginal Archaeological Collections
  • Backed Artefacts
  • Bone Point
• Aboriginal Human Remains Collections
• Aboriginal Secret/Sacred Collections
• Important Information about Archaeological Material

Pacific Islands Collections

• Bark Cloth
• Carved Shell Money
• Feather Cloak
• Vanuatu Baskets
• Yumi Yet

Asia, Africa and Americas Collections

• Asian Collections
  • Carved wooden spirit figure
  • Ceremonial cloth
  • Kamasan painting
• African Collections
  • Reko-Reko percussion instrument
  • Carved figure
  • Woven basket
• Americas Collections
  • Raven costume
  • Carved argillite pipe

Collection Snapshots

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