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Object Type
Museum number: 2018,2018.1
Description: Crewel work embroidery depicting an imagined scene of the arrival of Captain Cook's ship at New Caledonia in 1774.
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Production ethnic group
Production date: 1981
Production place: Made in: Port Vila
Materials: fibre (hessian); wool
Technique
Dimensions: Height: 840 millimetres; Width: 1100 millimetres
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Bibliographic references
Location: Not on display
Exhibition history: 2018-2019, 29 Nov-4 Aug, London, BM, G91, Reimagining Captain Cook: Pacific Perspectives
Condition: good
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Associated names
Associated places: Associated with: New Caledonia
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Associated events: Associated Event: First contact between Captain Cook's ship and Kanak people
Acquisition name
Acquisition date: 2018
Department: Africa, Oceania and the Americas
Registration number: 2018,2018.1
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