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Opal ‘Pineapple’
https://australian.museum/learn/minerals/mineral-factsheets/opal-pineapple/This opal ‘pineapple’ has nothing to do with the fruit – the term is only a visual description. The opal is made of silicon dioxide with water.
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Azurite with Cerussite
https://australian.museum/learn/minerals/mineral-factsheets/azurite-with-cerussite/This magnificent plate of dark blue azurite (copper hydroxy-carbonate) crystals from the oxidised zone of the Broken Hill orebody was acquired by Albert Chapman from a Broken Hill mine ‘trucker’ who ‘collected’ it in the 1950s.
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Art in ancient Egypt
https://australian.museum/learn/cultures/international-collection/ancient-egyptian/art-in-ancient-egypt/Ancient Egyptian art has survived for over 5000 years and continues to fascinate people from all over the world. An ancient premise has become a modern reality: art is a path to eternal remembrance.
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Bali: The Forge Collection
https://australian.museum/learn/cultures/international-collection/balinese/bali-the-forge-collection/Many objects enter museum collections because they are no longer used, having been replaced by new versions. This is the case with the traditional Balinese temple paintings in the Australian Museum's collection.
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Kalti Paarti: Carved emu eggs
https://australian.museum/learn/cultures/atsi-collection/cultural-objects/kalti-paarti-introduction/Kalti Paarti is the practice of emu egg carving that depicts rich visual history through commemorating First Nations traditions and connection to animals and the land.
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Western Desert Art
https://australian.museum/learn/cultures/atsi-collection/australian-archaeology/collection-stories-western-desert-art/In August 1983, the Australian Museum purchased a collection of 94 paintings known as the 'Papunya Permanent Collection'.
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Fishing line, carrejun
https://australian.museum/learn/cultures/atsi-collection/sydney/fishing-line-carrejun/Fishing lines were two-ply twine made from the bark of several different plants including Cabbage Tree Palm, Livistona australis, and probably the Kurrajong tree, Brachychiton populneus. In addition to bark,
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Bark stingray toys
https://australian.museum/learn/cultures/atsi-collection/aboriginal-toys/bark-stingray-toys/Our collection includes two toys made from bark, cut in the shape of a stingray.
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Toy 'kundi kundi'
https://australian.museum/learn/cultures/atsi-collection/aboriginal-toys/toy-kundi-kundi/In our collection is a toy called a kundi kundi, which is from Boulia in Queensland
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Kimberley Spear Points
https://australian.museum/learn/cultures/atsi-collection/cultural-objects/kimberley-spear-points/These objects reflect an adaptation of detailed craftsmanship.
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Ramses & the Gold of the Pharaohs
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