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The Wellcome Trust Gallery
Room 24 will be partially closed from Friday 15 May – Monday 13 July 2009 for the refreshment of the four main displays. The gallery will stay partly open during this time.
The new displays will provide case studies on the theme Living and Dying using material from New Zealand, Ghana, the Solomon Islands and the North American Arctic.
Coffin in the shape of an eagle, Teshie, Ghana, AD 2000 More information
Coffin in the shape of an eagle
Acrylic tiki made by George Nuku, Māori, AD 2008 More information
Acrylic tiki, AD 2008
Ancestor figure from Roviana, New Georgia, Solomon Islands More information
Ancestor figure from the Solomon Islands
Man's winter outfit, made by Leonie Qrunnut, From Igloolik, eastern Canadian Arctic, around AD 1985 More information
People throughout the world deal with the tough realities of life in many different ways. The displays in Room 24 explore different approaches to our shared challenges as human beings, focussing on how diverse cultures seek to maintain health and well-being.
The displays consider different approaches to averting illness, danger and trouble, and investigate people's reliance on relationships - with each other, the animal kingdom, spiritual powers spirits and the world around us.
Objects range from ancient gold artefacts and sculptures to a specially-commissioned art installation, Cradle to Grave by Pharmacopoeia.
See this gallery on the floor plan
Acrylic tiki
Audio description tour
Innovative exploration of Christian art, £20.00
Explore the cultures of the world in UK museums on the World Timelines website.
