| Content Warning | A review of the Archive catalogue and documents within the Archive relating to Anthropology identified that some contain information that may be offensive or distressing. This includes racist language, and descriptions of historical collecting and research methods. The Museum does not condone unacceptable language and practices of the past, but has not redacted these records to maintain authenticity and facilitate discovery of records for research, including study of the history of science and museums |
| Description | Previously departmental reference: AL 1958/42
Documents relating to archaeological and anthropological artefacts, including; leaves from the body (bark burial) of an Australian Aboriginal child, ‘Desert glass’ from Libya, worked obsidian from Kenya, 20 ‘pebble rubbers’ from British sites, flint implements from Lybia |