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== Collections ==
 
  
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Private artefact collections are a feature of New Zealand archaeology right up until the present. Many of these were aquired by presentation or purchase and these are still ways of their accumulation today. In the past, when found Maori artefacts were personal property fossicking was a way of accumulation.  
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See the Private Collections category. [[:Category:Private Collections|'''See here''']]
  
Many of these collections have found their way to musuems in whole, or in part after dispersal.
 
  
Some European artefact collections - particularly of bottles - have grown the same way. The advent of the protection of archaeological sites dating from before 1800 AD under the Historic Places Act has limited some sources, but found European objects are still finding their way to private collections.
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[[Category:Private Collections]]
 
 
This page is to highlight some of the important collections which are part of our historic heritage.
 
 
 
Listing here does not preclude a future page dedicated to the collection.
 
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Willets Collection
 
 
 
Oldman Colleciton
 
 
 
Knapp Collection
 
 
 
George Grey Collection
 
 
 
'''Bramley Collection ''' - A collection from the south head of the Manukau Harbour collected by the Bramley family while resident at Wattle Bay. The collection's strengths are archaic material and fishing sinkers. The collection was bequeathed to [[Auckland Museum.]]
 
Brambley, Mavis 1966. ''Sea Cockies of the Manukau''. Reed.
 
Prickett, N. 1987. The Bramley collection of Maori artefacts. Auckland Museum. Records ''of the Auckland Institute and Museum'' 24: 1 -66.
 
 
 
Okains Bay Musuem / Thacker Collection
 
 
 
Mair Collection
 
 
 
Bollons Collection
 
 
 
Wagener Collection
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Latest revision as of 20:21, 16 January 2013

The omnibus page that was formerly here has now been broken up into individual pages.

See the Private Collections category. See here