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 drawings seem to have been particularly prone to this - borrowings appearing on fabrics, glassware, ceramics, postage stamps and even matchboxes.
O'Regan discusses this use in the context of cultural property[1].
A scarf with many images from rock art.
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Scarves |
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Glasses |
In the 1960s peanut butter was sold in packaging like these - which could be used as glasses after they were emptied. |
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Enamelled Dishes |
Enamelled dishes, central one labelled by CERAWARE. |
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Stamps |
Rock art used on a commemorative stamp |
Rock art used on a definitive stamp |
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Fabric / Carpet |
Rock art used on fabric. This was produced by blockprinting by poet Rex Fairburn. He obtained the artwork for this from Theo Schoon and reproduced using linocut blocks. Wikipedia has an article on Schoon. Another print can be seen here. Fairburn and Schoon have Dictionary of New Zealand Biography entries. |
A wall hanging on fabric. |
Feltex Rug, designed by Don Ramage 1972, featuring a Maori Rock Drawing inspired abstract figure. |
Table mat with that taniwha again. |
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Ceramics |
A rock art image often interpreted as an eagle used on a lamp base. |
Dorothy Ewart pottery dish. |
The stamp on a Crown Lynn dish - ultimate Kiwiana?. |
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Matchboxes |
A rock art image on a box of matches. |
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Furniture |
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Another enamelled coffee table. |
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Wall Decorations Enamelled |
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Wall Decorations Copper |
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Another. Grosvenor Copperware |
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Wall Decorations Wood |
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Another wooden wall plaque. |
Yet another wooden piece. |
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Clothing |
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Jewellery |
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Maori Other
Someone's idea of a nephrite adze - for sale as a replica on TradeMe
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Colonial
Barry Curtis Park in South Auckland has volcanic rock walls, reconstructed from a nearby farm site. The unfortunate result is what happens when landscape architecture captures archaeological reconstruction.
Reconstructed walls
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Not Quite Archaeological
An execrable souvenir of the 1940 Centennial Exhibition. A Birmingham made badge representing the Hinemoa and Tutanekai gateway at the Model Pa, Whakarewarewa. It doesn't include a kiwi! This sold for $113.99 on Trademe so its awfullness was certainly appreciated.
The gateway itself is an example of bowdlerisation of Maori carving.
DC Comics at its best?
Moa were once used as icons - where Kiwi are today. This a WW1 reinforcement badge
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