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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.

Rock art seems 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