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Reuther Collection

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Close to 1000 Aboriginal artefacts at Killalpaninna (Bethesda) Lutheran Mission, Cooper Creek, S.A., collected by Reuther, late 1890s - 1905.

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After training at Neuendettelsau Seminary in Germany, Reuther arrived at Killalpaninna Mission in 1888. His evangelical efforts were founded upon knowledge of the language, beliefs and traditions of the Diyari and related groups. This focused interest resulted in a joint translation of the New Testament into the Diyari language (with fellow missionary, Carl Strehlow), and the compilation of a 14 volume manuscript, including a detailed description of the ethnographic collection. This collection also comprised the only documented collection of 'toas', proposed by Reuther to be 'direction posts', but likely to be new and unprecedented artefacts produced in response to Reuther's strong interest in place-names, mythology and ethnography.

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Further information may be found in specimen document files. See Art and Land (1986) by P. Jones & P. Sutton (Wakefield Press, Adelaide) and P. Jones (2007) 'Unearthing the toas', pp.225-81) in Ochre and Rust. Artefacts and Encounters on Australian Frontiers (Wakefield Press, Adelaide). Related colection note: Associated archival component held in the SAM Archives collections (AA266).

Data time period: 1890 to 1905

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Spatial Coverage And Location

text: Lake Hope

text: Central Australia

text: Cooper Creek

text: Killalpaninna Mission

text: Lake Eyre

text: South Australia

text: Bethesda Mission

text: Kopperamanna Mission

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Aboriginal artefacts | Aboriginal culture | Aboriginal material culture | Aboriginal peoples | Aboriginal peoples (Australians) | Anthropological specimens | Artefacts | Bags | Carl Strehlow | Ceremonial objects | Containers | Drugs | Edged Weapons | Indigenous foods | Indigenous medicine | Johann Georg Reuther | Late 19th to early 20th century | Pastor Johann Georg Reuther | Personal adornments | Pigments | Projectile weapons | Toys | axe | bag | basket | boomerang | club | container | cordage | fire-making | food | knife | material | medical | message | musical instrument | musical instruments | narcotic | ornament | pigment | plume | shield | sorcery | spear | spear-thrower | tools | toy | weapons |

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