Tag Archives: World Cultures

The Story of the Headhunters

Collections & Objects   Exhibitions   Great North Museum: Hancock
Posted by administrator on April 23, 2020     Permalink     Leave a comment

Last month, we looked at the remarkable Samurai armour that went on display for the Other Worlds: Art of Atomhawk exhibition. Today, I’m going to be investigating another object from this exhibition as well as two others from the World… Read more

Hunting the Caribou – by Jo Anderson, Assistant Keeper of Archaeology

Archaeology   Art   Collections & Objects   Great North Museum: Hancock
Posted by administrator on July 2, 2019     Permalink     Leave a comment

For many of the First Nations living in the north of Canada, caribou was an important food source.  These large creatures, which are very similar to  reindeer in northern Europe, were hunted by many different peoples for their meat and… Read more

The Devilfish is in the detail – by Jo Anderson, Assistant Keeper of Archaeology

Archaeology   Art   Collections & Objects   Great North Museum: Hancock
Posted by administrator on May 24, 2019     Permalink     Leave a comment

Ornamental bags have always been important to the native peoples of North America.  Not only did they serve a practical purpose of containing important everyday items such as tobacco or fire making equipment, their beautiful designs meant that they were… Read more

A Gift of Knowledge: discovering our Native American collections – by Jo Anderson, Assistant Keeper of Archaeology, GNM

Archaeology   Art   Collections & Objects   Great North Museum: Hancock
Posted by administrator on April 25, 2019     Permalink     Leave a comment

If we wonder often, the gift of knowledge will come. So claim the Arapaho, a group of native Americans who live in the central United States. I can completely agree with this.  As Assistant Keeper of Archaeology at the Great… Read more