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O'Regan discusses this use in the context of cultural property<ref>O'Regan, G. 2008 The shifting place of Ngai Tahu rock art. in Sue O'Connor, Geoffrey Clark, Foss Leach (Eds), Islands of inquiry : colonisation, seafaring and the archaeology of maritime landscapes. Terra Australis 29 Accessed at http://epress.anu.edu.au/terra_australis/ta29/pdf/ch26.pdf</ref>. | O'Regan discusses this use in the context of cultural property<ref>O'Regan, G. 2008 The shifting place of Ngai Tahu rock art. in Sue O'Connor, Geoffrey Clark, Foss Leach (Eds), Islands of inquiry : colonisation, seafaring and the archaeology of maritime landscapes. Terra Australis 29 Accessed at http://epress.anu.edu.au/terra_australis/ta29/pdf/ch26.pdf</ref>. | ||
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<td width="25%">&[[Image:Glases.jpg |thumb|left|In the 1960s peanut butter was sold in packaging like these - which could be used as glases after they were emptied.]]</td> | <td width="25%">&[[Image:Glases.jpg |thumb|left|In the 1960s peanut butter was sold in packaging like these - which could be used as glases after they were emptied.]]</td> | ||
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Revision as of 14:20, 8 March 2011
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.
Maori Rock Art
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Rock drawings seem to have been particularly prone to this - borrowings appearing on fabrics, glassware, ceramics, postage stamps and even matchboxes. O'Regan discusses this use in the context of cultural property[1].
 A scarf with many images from rock art.
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Maori Other
 An execrable souvenir of the 1940 Centennial Exhibition. Perhaps not archaeological - a Birmingham made badge representing the Hinemoa and Tutanekai gateway at the Model Pa, Whakarewarewa. It doesn't include a kiwi! This sold for $113.99 on Trademe so it awfullness was certainly appreciated.The gateway itself is an example of bowdlerisation of Maori carving.  Someone's idea of a nephrite adze - for sale as a replica on TradeMe |
Colonial
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Barry Curtis Park in South Auckland has volcanic rock walls, reconstructed from a nearby farm site. The unfortunate result is what happens when landscape architecture captures archaeological reconstruction.
 Reconstructed walls
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References
- ↑ O'Regan, G. 2008 The shifting place of Ngai Tahu rock art. in Sue O'Connor, Geoffrey Clark, Foss Leach (Eds), Islands of inquiry : colonisation, seafaring and the archaeology of maritime landscapes. Terra Australis 29 Accessed at http://epress.anu.edu.au/terra_australis/ta29/pdf/ch26.pdf
