Recent Acquisitions

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Thought to have been crafted during the late 1960s, the gourd displays rhythmic patterning reminiscent of Micronesian tattoo designs.\u003C/p\u003E","ImageSmlLink":"assets/Uploads/_resampled/CroppedFocusedImageWzY0MCw0MjAsInkiLDExMF0/Gourd001-002-Square2.jpg","ImageMedLink":"assets/Uploads/_resampled/CroppedFocusedImageWzU0MCw1NDAsZmFsc2UsMF0/Gourd001-002-Square2.jpg","Type":"2017 human-history","PageLink":"/collections/recent-acquisitions/theo-schoon-carved-gourd/"},{"ID":314,"Title":"Tailed forest spiders","Sort":7,"Date":"Fri, 03 Mar 2017","ShortDesc":"\u003Cp\u003EFour specimens of the tailed forest spider (\u003Cem\u003EArachnura feredayi\u003C/em\u003E) have recently been added to the collection.\u00a0\u003C/p\u003E","ImageSmlLink":"assets/Uploads/_resampled/CroppedFocusedImageWzY0MCw0MjAsInkiLDExMF0/Arachnura-feredayi650px.jpg","ImageMedLink":"assets/Uploads/_resampled/CroppedFocusedImageWzU0MCw1NDAsZmFsc2UsMF0/Arachnura-feredayi650px.jpg","Type":"natural-history 2017","PageLink":"/collections/recent-acquisitions/tailed-forest-spiders/"},{"ID":68,"Title":"Ivan Mauger Collection","Sort":1,"Date":"Thu, 30 Jun 2016","ShortDesc":"\u003Cp\u003ESix times World Individual Speedway Champion and the only man to win three consecutive individual world titles, Christchurch-born Ivan Mauger is recognised as the world\u2019s greatest speedway rider.\u00a0\u003C/p\u003E","ImageSmlLink":"assets/Uploads/_resampled/CroppedFocusedImageWzY0MCw0MjAsIngiLDk1XQ/2016.114.1-Motorcycle-Triple-Crown-SpecialMR.jpg","ImageMedLink":"assets/Uploads/_resampled/CroppedFocusedImageWzU0MCw1NDAsIngiLDQwNV0/2016.114.1-Motorcycle-Triple-Crown-SpecialMR.jpg","Type":"2016 human-history","PageLink":"/collections/recent-acquisitions/ivan-mauger-collection/"},{"ID":70,"Title":"Bicycle: Johnson's Grocery ","Sort":2,"Date":"Fri, 01 Apr 2016","ShortDesc":"\u003Cp\u003EShoppers at Johnson\u2019s Grocery will recall seeing this grocery delivery bicycle parked outside the Colombo Street shop for years. Shop owner Colin Johnson always made sure to keep at least one tyre flat so it would be harder to steal. Thankfully no one ever tried.\u003C/p\u003E","ImageSmlLink":"assets/Uploads/_resampled/CroppedFocusedImageWzY0MCw0MjAsInkiLDBd/2016.52.2-Johnsons-bicycle.jpg","ImageMedLink":"assets/Uploads/_resampled/CroppedFocusedImageWzU0MCw1NDAsIngiLDIxM10/2016.52.2-Johnsons-bicycle.jpg","Type":"2016 human-history","PageLink":"/collections/recent-acquisitions/bicycle-johnsons-grocery/"},{"ID":71,"Title":"Korowai","Sort":3,"Date":"Fri, 16 Oct 2015","ShortDesc":"\u003Cp\u003EThis vibrant chicken feather korowai was made by Pamela Wood for jazz musician Nick Nicholson (Ngai Tahu, Ngati Kahungunu).\u003C/p\u003E","ImageSmlLink":"assets/Uploads/_resampled/CroppedFocusedImageWzY0MCw0MjAsInkiLDM5XQ/2016.50.2-Cloak.jpg","ImageMedLink":"assets/Uploads/_resampled/CroppedFocusedImageWzU0MCw1NDAsIngiLDc2XQ/2016.50.2-Cloak.jpg","Type":"human-history 2015","PageLink":"/collections/recent-acquisitions/korowai/"},{"ID":73,"Title":"Artwork: Oh Deer, Who Will Lead Santa\u2019s Sleigh? ","Sort":4,"Date":"Wed, 30 Sep 2015","ShortDesc":"\u003Cp\u003EThis impressive coat rack by Hamish Southcott is made from hammered corrugated iron and copper cabling which came from a house damaged in the 2011 Canterbury earthquakes. Hamish often works with corrugated iron, so he decided to play with the juxtaposition of rough iron and beautiful copper with this work.\u003C/p\u003E","ImageSmlLink":"assets/Uploads/_resampled/CroppedFocusedImageWzY0MCw0MjAsInkiLDk2XQ/2016.45.3-Oh-Deer-On-Display.jpg","ImageMedLink":"assets/Uploads/_resampled/CroppedFocusedImageWzU0MCw1NDAsInkiLDBd/2016.45.3-Oh-Deer-On-Display.jpg","Type":"2015 human-history","PageLink":"/collections/recent-acquisitions/artwork/"},{"ID":119,"Title":"Elmslie Sideboard","Sort":5,"Date":"Fri, 22 May 2015","ShortDesc":"\u003Cp\u003EMythical creatures prance and swim across this spectacularly-carved sideboard. This monumental piece of furniture was carved in Christchurch in about 1891 by a young woman called Jessie Mitchell Elmslie.\u003C/p\u003E","ImageSmlLink":"assets/Uploads/_resampled/CroppedFocusedImageWzY0MCw0MjAsInkiLDQ1XQ/2015.61.3-Elmslie-Sideboard-On-Display.jpg","ImageMedLink":"assets/Uploads/_resampled/CroppedFocusedImageWzU0MCw1NDAsInkiLDBd/2015.61.3-Elmslie-Sideboard-On-Display.jpg","Type":"2016 human-history","PageLink":"/collections/recent-acquisitions/elmslie-sideboard/"},{"ID":194,"Title":"The Marples and Parker Collection ","Sort":6,"Date":"","ShortDesc":"\u003Cp\u003EAn exceptional collection of historic bird skeletons collected by Professor Thomas Jeffery Parker (1850-1897) and Professor Brian Marples (1907-1998) of the University of Otago was donated to the Museum in 2015.\u00a0\u003C/p\u003E","ImageSmlLink":"assets/Uploads/_resampled/CroppedFocusedImageWzY0MCw0MjAsInkiLDUwXQ/2016-41-2026-Yellow-eyed-penguin-skeleton-Marples.jpg","ImageMedLink":"assets/Uploads/_resampled/CroppedFocusedImageWzU0MCw1NDAsIngiLDYxXQ/2016-41-2026-Yellow-eyed-penguin-skeleton-Marples.jpg","Type":"2016 natural-history","PageLink":"/collections/recent-acquisitions/the-marples-and-parker-collection/"}]