Kitsch

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Archaeological Kitsch

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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 drawings seem to have been particularly prone to this - borrowings appearing on fabrics, glassware and stamps. [[Image:Rock1.JPG |framed|left|A scarf with many images from rock art.]] [[Image:Glases.jpg |framed|left|In the 1960s peanut butter was sold in packaging like these - which could be used as glases after they were emptied.]] [[Image:Adze.jpg |framed|left|Someone's idea of a nephrite adze - for sale as a replica on TradeMe]] [[Image:Kitsch2.jpg|framed|left|Enamelled dishes, central one labelled by CERAWARE.]] [[Image:1983.jpg|framed|left|Rock art used on a commemorative 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. 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. {{wikipedia|Theodorus_Johannes_Schoon}} ]]


Colonial

Barry Curtis Park in south Auckland has volcanic rock walls, reconstructed from a nearby farm site. The unfortunate result isg what happens when landscape architecture captures archaeological reconstruction.


Reconstructed walls


The sign


Walls


Yet more walls