A Case of Identity: The Artefacts of the 1770 Kamay (Botany Bay) Encounter
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Thomas, Nicholas
Abstract
Collections of Indigenous artefacts made during the voyages of Captain James Cook have been extensively researched, but significant issues around the provenance and identification of artefacts remain complex and unresolved. This article considers the case of a shield in the British Museum, said for fifty years to have been appropriated by Cook at the time of first contacts with Gweagal in April 1770, and other artefacts associated with the same encounters.
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4302 Heritage, Archive and Museum Studies, 43 History, Heritage and Archaeology
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Australian Historical Studies
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1031-461X
1940-5049
1940-5049
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49
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Taylor & Francis
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European Research Council (324146)
The research leading to these results has received funding from the European Research Council under the European Union’s Seventh Framework Programme (FP7/2007-2013)/ERC grant agreement no. 324146; FP7 Ideas: European Research Council.