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Possum cloak and photo by Keren Ruki

Cross-cultural cloaks:

Possum skin and Maori Dog skin cloaks


Wednesday 21 March 2007 (2.30-4.30pm)
The Studio, National Museum of Australia

 

Convenors: Louise Hamby and Kylie Message

Contact: Kylie Message
on 61255429 or Kylie.Message@anu.edu.au to register your interest in attending.

The Museums and Collections Program, Research School of the Humanities (Australian National University), and the National Museum of Australia present a public forum that will explore the cross-cultural implications of contemporary cloaks in relation to materials, geographic factors and heritage. Issues of cultural knowledge, ownership and transmission of ideas to outsiders and family will be addressed.
Speakers: include artists Keren Ruki and Vicki Couzens and curators Margo Neale and Amanda Reynolds.