Encounters: Revealing Stories of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Objects from the British Museum Publisher / Frances Lincoln they will encounter over 300

they will encounter over 300 rare and little known plants

if not days

The book was an alternative history of art and its relationship to technology

thoughtfully paired to allow interesting and revealing juxtapositions between them

simple narratives

Encounters: Revealing Stories of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Objects from the British Museum Publisher / Frances Lincoln they will encounter over 300This book is published to accompany a groundbreaking exhibition at the National Museum of Australia in Canberra, in which rare historic objects collected during encounters between settlers and first peoples are displayed alongside more recent artworks and artefacts made in the communities of origin. Encounters provides a stunning visual record of these objects, most of which are displayed in Australia for the first time since they were collected. But,