Australian Museum Journal Ethnographic artefacts: the iceberg’s tip. In F.D. McCarthy, Commemorative Papers (Archaeology, Anthropology, Rock Art), ed. Jim Specht
- Shortform:
- Konecny, 1993, Rec. Aust. Mus., Suppl. 17: 45–53
- Author(s):
- Konecny, T.
- Year published:
- 1993
- Title:
- Ethnographic artefacts: the iceberg’s tip. In F.D. McCarthy, Commemorative Papers (Archaeology, Anthropology, Rock Art), ed. Jim Specht
- Serial title:
- Records of the Australian Museum, Supplement
- Volume:
- 17
- Start page:
- 45
- End page:
- 53
- DOI:
- 10.3853/j.0812-7387.17.1993.58
- Language:
- English
- Date published:
- 27 May 1993
- Cover date:
- 27 May 1993
- ISBN:
- ISBN 0-7310-0280-6
- ISSN:
- 0812-7387
- CODEN:
- RAMSEZ
- Publisher:
- The Australian Museum
- Place published:
- Sydney, Australia
- Subjects:
- ANTHROPOLOGY; AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM; CULTURE: INDIGENOUS; ETHNOGRAPHY
- Digitized:
- 16 June 2009
- Reference number:
- 58
- EndNote package:
- EndNote file
- Title page:
- Title page (103kb PDF)
- Complete work:
- Complete work (1536kb PDF)
Abstract
The Australian Museum has over 2000 ethnographic artefacts from south-eastern Australia and these form a major data base for any inquiry into the material culture of this regions Aboriginal inhabitants. Unfortunately this collection is not totally representative since most of the ephemeral items discussed in the ethnographic literature, items that greatly add to our understanding of the richness of Aboriginal life, are not represented. This paper provides an explanation as to why this is so.