Year of Object(s) Creation:
Estimated Value ($USD):
Object Type(s): Carving
Object Material(s): wood
Provenience Nation: Australian Aboriginal Territories
Provenience Location: Dja Dja Wurrung tribe
Year Removed from Findspot:

Provenance
Start Year: 2004
End Year:
Circumstance of Acquisition: Loaned the engravings to the Melbourne Museum
Nation: Australia
Location: Melbourne Museum
Start Year: 1857
End Year:
Circumstance of Acquisition: Donated to the British Museum and the Kew Royal Botanic Gardens
Nation: United Kingdom
Location: British Museum, London
Start Year: 1850
End Year: 1857
Circumstance of Acquisition: Unknown
Nation: Australia
Location: Collection of John Hunter Kerr, a Scottish anthropologist based in Australia

2 Aboriginal Dja Dja Wurrung Engravings And A Dja Dja Wurrung Ceremonial Artifact


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Case Status: Object(s) not relinquished
Year Claim Initiated: 2004
Year Claim Resolved: 2005
Means of Resolution:

Complainant Name: Dja Dja Wurrung Tribe
Complainant Nation: Australian Aboriginal Territories
Complainant Nation Economy: Developing
Complainant Type: Public: Government

Respondent Name: Museum of Melbourne
Respondent Nation: 2 or more respondent nations
Respondent Nation Economy: Developed
Respondent Type: Private: Institution

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Edited by: Arianne Ohara