Pitt Rivers Museum photos - General Tiki

TW Trader Woody Member Tiki Manor, Forest of Bowland,UK Joined: Mar 25, 2002 Posts: 2301	TW Trader Woody Posted posted on Fri, Mar 19, 2004 1:26 AM Glad the photos are of interest. Yeah, it's a trult fascinating place with an incredible atmosphere. It opened in 1884, and hasn't changed since, apart from the collection ever-uincreasing. The labels are all hand-written and the artifacts are arranged by type rather than country of origin. That Voodoo vibe is at it's most concenrated around the shrunken heads - I'll post a couple of photos in a different topic so that those that normally aren't interested in the contents of a museum can take a look. Meanwhile, here's a couple more pics: That last photo shows a recent shield from New Guinea. It turns out that they have a lot of respect for the cartoon character (Daredevil?) because of his positive qualities, so incorporated him into the design! Trader Woody

Glad the photos are of interest. Yeah, it's a trult fascinating place with an incredible atmosphere. It opened in 1884, and hasn't changed since, apart from the collection ever-uincreasing. The labels are all hand-written and the artifacts are arranged by type rather than country of origin.

That Voodoo vibe is at it's most concenrated around the shrunken heads - I'll post a couple of photos in a different topic so that those that normally aren't interested in the contents of a museum can take a look. Meanwhile, here's a couple more pics:

That last photo shows a recent shield from New Guinea. It turns out that they have a lot of respect for the cartoon character (Daredevil?) because of his positive qualities, so incorporated him into the design!

Trader Woody

Post #81621 by Trader Woody on Fri, Mar 19, 2004 1:26 AM