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[[Image:Rockart1.jpg|framed|left|Rock art used on a definitive stamp]] | [[Image:Rockart1.jpg|framed|left|Rock art used on a definitive stamp]] | ||
| − | [[Image:Fairburn.jpg|framed|left|Rock art used on fabric. This was produced by blockprinting by poet Rex Fairburn. He obtained the artwork for this from [[Schoon Theo|Theo Schoon]]. Wikipedia has an article on Schoon. | + | [[Image:Fairburn.jpg|framed|left|Rock art used on fabric. This was produced by blockprinting by poet Rex Fairburn. He obtained the artwork for this from [[Schoon Theo|Theo Schoon]]]]. Wikipedia has an article on Schoon. |
Another print can be seen [http://www.nzmuseums.co.nz/index.php?option=com_nstp&task=showDetail&objectContext=&recordIdSet=880&Itemid=16 here] | Another print can be seen [http://www.nzmuseums.co.nz/index.php?option=com_nstp&task=showDetail&objectContext=&recordIdSet=880&Itemid=16 here] | ||
Fairburn and Schoon have [http://dnzb.govt.nz/ Dictionary of New Zealand Biography] entries. | Fairburn and Schoon have [http://dnzb.govt.nz/ Dictionary of New Zealand Biography] entries. | ||
| − | {{wikipedia|Theodorus_Johannes_Schoon}} | + | {{wikipedia|Theodorus_Johannes_Schoon}} |
Revision as of 19:50, 20 February 2010
Archaeological Kitsch
Archaeological items of iconic status become the subject of modern copies and re-use of the imagery. New Zealand items are not immune.
Rock drawings seem to have been particularly prone to this - borrowings appearing on fabrics, glassware and stamps.
A scarf with many images from rock art.
In the 1960s peanut butter was sold in packaging like these - which could be used as glases after they were emptied.
Someone's idea of a nephrite adze - for sale as a replica on TradeMe
Enamelled dishes, central one labelled by CERAWARE.
Rock art used on a commemorative stamp
Rock art used on a definitive stamp
Rock art used on fabric. This was produced by blockprinting by poet Rex Fairburn. He obtained the artwork for this from Theo Schoon
Another print can be seen here Fairburn and Schoon have Dictionary of New Zealand Biography entries.
| [[Image:Curtis3.jpg|framed|left|]] [[Image:Curtis1.jpg|thumb|The sign]] [[Image:Curtis2.jpg|thumb|Walls]] [[Image:Curtis4.jpg|thumb|Yet more walls]] |
