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Living and Dying (Room 24)
The Wellcome Trust Gallery
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.
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Coffin in the shape of an eagle, Teshie, Ghana, AD 2000
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Acrylic tiki made by George Nuku, Māori, AD 2008
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Ancestor figure from Roviana, New Georgia, Solomon Islands
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Man's winter outfit, made by Leonie Qrunnut, From Igloolik, eastern Canadian Arctic, around AD 1985
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Inca painted wooden beaker with feline and rainbow, Peru, Late 17th-18th century
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The new displays provide case studies on the theme Living and Dying using material from New Zealand, Ghana, the Solomon Islands, South America and the North American Arctic.
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.
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