Brief description
A collection of significant material documenting the scope of the Indian Ocean trade and trading routes both prior and subsequent to the British settlement of the Australian continent, compliled by respected Maritime History researcher and academic Dr Kenneth McPherson. The McPherson Collection (60 items) is comprised of: ceramic transferware, shipping line cutlery and crockery, souvenirs and artworks of Indian Ocean travels, postcards, dinner plates, tureen, engravings, maps, textile prints, statues, religious icons, an incense burner, and ship models.Full description
The focus of the Dr Kenneth McPherson Indian Ocean Collection was to collect materials that would highlight significant Indian Ocean influences on the region and Western Australia and provide historical context to Western Australia's maritime history.Notes
Item descriptions, specifications, images, conservation & location history available through the WA Museum Maritime History Department's Research and Integrated Collection Management System.Data time period: 1860 to 1969
Spatial Coverage And Location
text: Indian Ocean
text: Western Australia
text: International
Subjects
19th and 20th Centuries |
Art objects |
Artworks |
Collecting |
Commerce |
Cutlery |
Decorative arts |
Dr Kenneth McPherson |
Figures |
Fishing |
Greeting cards |
Iconography |
Indian Ocean Centre |
Indian Ocean Collection |
International trade |
Kenneth McPerson |
Maps |
Models |
Postcards |
Sama Biasa |
Scale models |
Statues |
Table setting |
Tableware |
Textile crafts |
art |
chinaware |
maritime history |
pottery |
religious icons |
shipping industry |
souvenirs |
vessels (watercraft |
water transport |
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