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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[ canoe ]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[Outrigger canoe, dugout, from breadfruit tree. Fore and aft taper to a spike. Dear Professor Lockhart, I am so glad to think of the Papuan (native) canoe in Marischal College with all the other New Guinea things (I feel sure it must be the only native New Guinea canoe over here!) It was presented to us in 1929 when we visited Papua and New Guinea. V Sincerely Sydney Stonehaven.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:abstract><![CDATA[A native canoe from Papua has been presented by Sydney Viscountess Stonehaven to Aberdeen University Anthropological Museum. It is an exceptionally fine example of the art and craft of the boatbuilders of New Guinea. The canoe is an outrigger, approximately 20 feet long, tapering fore and aft in lovely lines to a spike of 3 feet to 4 feet. The body of the canoe is beautifully streamlined and is shaped from a single trunk, but the bow and stern are separate pieces, closely fitted to the body but with the grain of the wood at right angles to that of the body. The baler is interesting as its outside is shaped to fit the inside of the canoe, a point which naval experts have commented upon as superior to European practice. 93. Canoe. New Guinea, Maty Islands. A narrow dug-out made from the breadfruit tree and used in shark fishing. the canoe exemplifies those creations of Pacific man which combine efficiency with elegance.]]></dcterms:abstract>
    <dcterms:creator><![CDATA[Baird,John.Lawrence 1st.Viscount.Stonehaven]]></dcterms:creator>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[Early: 1850 Late: 1929]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:contributor><![CDATA[Baird,John.Lawrence 1st.Viscount.Stonehaven ]]></dcterms:contributor>
    <dcterms:relation><![CDATA[wood vegetable.fibre sennit ]]></dcterms:relation>
    <dcterms:format><![CDATA[L: 6100 mm ]]></dcterms:format>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[<a href="http://calms.abdn.ac.uk/Geology/dserve.exe?dsqIni=Dserve.ini&amp;dsqApp=Archive&amp;dsqCmd=Show.tcl&amp;dsqDb=Catalog&amp;dsqPos=0&amp;dsqSearch=%28ObjectNumber%3D%27ABDUA%3A63421%27%29">ABDUA:63421</a>]]></dcterms:identifier>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://exhibitions.abdn.ac.uk/university-collections/document/1536">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[kayak]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[Kayak, in seal skins sewed together with tendon and stretched over framework in pieces of redwood lashed together with strips of whalebone and hide. (Wooden girth and rope lashing round manhole modern - inserted 1900.)&#039; Reported by Reid (1912) as with paddle, spear, harpoon, bird-spear, throwing stick: &#039;kayak and accompanying implements were brought to Aberdeen about 1700. Kayak was occupied by &#039;an Indian man,&#039; who died in Aberdeen soon after his arrival. The man and his kayak were captured at sea, not far from Aberdeen, according to local tradition. See Douglas&#039;s &#039;East Coast of Scotland,&#039; Paisley, 1782.&#039; Crossed hide thongs fore and aft of cockpit, single loops around bow, stern, cockpit edged by loops in hide.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:abstract><![CDATA[There are two kayaks in Marischal Museum. According to the 1824 catalogue of the Marischal College museum they are described as: Eskimaux canoe in which a native of that country was driven ashore near Belhelvie, about the beginning of the eighteenth century, and died soon after landing and Eskimaux canoe with paddles, darts and other implements; presented, 1800, by Captain William Gibbon, Aberdeen It is likely, though not certain, that the kayak on the left is the one recorded as being found near Belhelvie. The other kayak may have been sawn in half so that it would fit inside a cramped whaling boat returning from the Arctic. The first record of the older kayak is in a diary written by a Rev. Francis Gastrell of Stratford-upon-Avon who visited Aberdeen in 1760. He says that, In the Church which is not used (there being a kirk for their way of worship) was a Canoo about seven yards long by two feet wide which about thirty two years since was driven into the Don with a man in it who was all over hairy and spoke a language which no person there could interpret. He lived but three days, tho all possible care was taken to recover him. It has been suggested that both kayaks were made in the southern part of West Greenland. The distance from Greenland to Scotland is about 1200 miles, but this could be broken into shorter lengths by landing in Iceland, the Faroe Islands, Shetland and Orkney. This would be needed to prevent the kayaks becoming waterlogged and to get drinking water. Even so, it is difficult to believe in such a long journey on rough seas, particularly with the difficulties of navigating out of sight of land. There are two theories about how the Inuit could have reached the North Sea with their kayaks. The first suggests that they were kidnapped by whalers and brought to Europe as curiosities, but then managed to escape or were freed by their captors. An alternative is that the kayakers took advantage of the colder weather of the Little Ice Age of about 1300 to 1850 when ice floes would have drifted much farther south than today and would have offered extra places on which to rest and collect fresh water. These kayaks are not the only evidence of Inuit people coming to the North Sea. There is another kayak in Aberdeen, in the buildings of the University's Medical School. This may be the one in which Eenoolooapik, an Inuit visitor to Aberdeen in 1839, demonstrated his kayaking skills in the River Dee to an admiring crowd. Eenoolooapik was brought to Aberdeen by Captain Penny of the whaling ship Neptune. Sadly when he returned to Labrador the following year he died of tuberculosis. There are also two kayaks in Zierikzee and Hoorn in the Netherlands which are recorded as having been found in the North Sea.]]></dcterms:abstract>
    <dcterms:source><![CDATA[Inuit]]></dcterms:source>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[Early: 1690 Late: 1710]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:relation><![CDATA[leather sealskin wood redwood sinew baleen ]]></dcterms:relation>
    <dcterms:format><![CDATA[L: 5620 mm W: 480 mm H(at cockpit): 280 mm ]]></dcterms:format>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[<a href="http://calms.abdn.ac.uk/Geology/dserve.exe?dsqIni=Dserve.ini&amp;dsqApp=Archive&amp;dsqCmd=Show.tcl&amp;dsqDb=Catalog&amp;dsqPos=0&amp;dsqSearch=%28ObjectNumber%3D%27ABDUA%3A6013%27%29">ABDUA:6013</a>]]></dcterms:identifier>
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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[club dance.club ]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[Wooden club, decorated with carved human figure on handle. Museum&#039;s &#039;Slip Catalogue&#039;: &#039;Club (Nambat Mol - little pig killing), ceremonial&#039;.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:abstract><![CDATA[W. MacGillivray (1796-1852) was Professor of Natural History at Marischal College from 1841. He was author of &#039;A History of British Birds&#039; and an eminent authority on ornithology. This work may be a copy of a watercolour completed in oil by MacGillivray&#039;s daughter Anne.]]></dcterms:abstract>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[Early: 1800 Late: 1930]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:relation><![CDATA[wood]]></dcterms:relation>
    <dcterms:format><![CDATA[L: 530 mm Th: 40 mm]]></dcterms:format>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[<a href="http://calms.abdn.ac.uk/Geology/dserve.exe?dsqIni=Dserve.ini&amp;dsqApp=Archive&amp;dsqCmd=Show.tcl&amp;dsqDb=Catalog&amp;dsqPos=0&amp;dsqSearch=%28ObjectNumber%3D%27ABDUA%3A3078%27%29">ABDUA:3078</a>]]></dcterms:identifier>
    <dcterms:coverage><![CDATA[Melanesia Vanuatu Malekula (South) Ahamb ]]></dcterms:coverage>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://exhibitions.abdn.ac.uk/university-collections/document/1530">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[neck.ornament ]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[Neck ornament made of boar&#039;s tusk and small woven fibre rectangle, colour red.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:abstract><![CDATA[St Andrews Cathedral as designed by Simpson 1822.<br />
<br />
]]></dcterms:abstract>
    <dcterms:creator><![CDATA[Bowie,F.G Rev]]></dcterms:creator>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[ Early: 1800 Late: 1911]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:contributor><![CDATA[Bowie,F.G Rev]]></dcterms:contributor>
    <dcterms:relation><![CDATA[pig.tooth vegetable.fibre string ]]></dcterms:relation>
    <dcterms:format><![CDATA[Dia(of boar&#039;s tusk): 83 mm ]]></dcterms:format>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[<a href="http://calms.abdn.ac.uk/Geology/dserve.exe?dsqIni=Dserve.ini&amp;dsqApp=Archive&amp;dsqCmd=Show.tcl&amp;dsqDb=Catalog&amp;dsqPos=0&amp;dsqSearch=%28ObjectNumber%3D%27ABDUA%3A3029%27%29">ABDUA:3029</a>]]></dcterms:identifier>
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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[club]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[Club with carved decoration of plain and notched circular bands. Reid (1912): &#039;Used in killing boars in ceremonies.&#039; Inscription: used in killing boars in ceremonies]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:abstract><![CDATA[Sickert (1860-1942) trained at the Slade School and under J. A. M. Whistler. Much influenced by Degas whom he met in 1883. Lived in Dieppe 1899-1905. After his return to England he was leader of the Camden Town Group 1907-1914. This work probably dates from that period and has been identified as a self-portrait of the artist]]></dcterms:abstract>
    <dcterms:creator><![CDATA[Bowie, F.G Rev]]></dcterms:creator>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[Early: 1800 Late: 1911 ]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:contributor><![CDATA[Bowie,F.G Rev ]]></dcterms:contributor>
    <dcterms:relation><![CDATA[wood]]></dcterms:relation>
    <dcterms:format><![CDATA[L: 624 mm ]]></dcterms:format>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[<a href="http://calms.abdn.ac.uk/Geology/dserve.exe?dsqIni=Dserve.ini&amp;dsqApp=Archive&amp;dsqCmd=Show.tcl&amp;dsqDb=Catalog&amp;dsqPos=0&amp;dsqSearch=%28ObjectNumber%3D%27ABDUA%3A3019%27%29">ABDUA:3019</a>]]></dcterms:identifier>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://exhibitions.abdn.ac.uk/university-collections/document/1528">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[armlet ]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[single circle]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:creator><![CDATA[Bowie,F.G Rev]]></dcterms:creator>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[ Early: 1800 Late: 1920 ]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:contributor><![CDATA[Bowie, F.G Rev]]></dcterms:contributor>
    <dcterms:relation><![CDATA[tusk boar.tusk ]]></dcterms:relation>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[<a href="http://calms.abdn.ac.uk/Geology/dserve.exe?dsqIni=Dserve.ini&amp;dsqApp=Archive&amp;dsqCmd=Show.tcl&amp;dsqDb=Catalog&amp;dsqPos=0&amp;dsqSearch=%28ObjectNumber%3D%27ABDUA%3A3273%27%29">ABDUA:3273</a>]]></dcterms:identifier>
    <dcterms:coverage><![CDATA[Melanesia Vanuatu Vanuatu ]]></dcterms:coverage>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://exhibitions.abdn.ac.uk/university-collections/document/1527">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[ armlet ]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[double circle]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:abstract><![CDATA[Lower jaws of domestic boars and boar&#039;s tusk armlets Santo, New Hebrides Power depended upon the acquisition of wealth with which to buy advancement in exclusive graded societies. The standard form of wealth was pigs with exceptionally long and circular lower canine tusks, caused by the artificial removal of the upper grinders.]]></dcterms:abstract>
    <dcterms:creator><![CDATA[Bowie,F.G Rev]]></dcterms:creator>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[Early: 1800 Late: 1930]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:contributor><![CDATA[Bowie,F.G Rev]]></dcterms:contributor>
    <dcterms:relation><![CDATA[tusk boar.tusk ]]></dcterms:relation>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[<a href="http://calms.abdn.ac.uk/Geology/dserve.exe?dsqIni=Dserve.ini&amp;dsqApp=Archive&amp;dsqCmd=Show.tcl&amp;dsqDb=Catalog&amp;dsqPos=0&amp;dsqSearch=%28ObjectNumber%3D%27ABDUA%3A3268%27%29">ABDUA:3268</a>]]></dcterms:identifier>
    <dcterms:coverage><![CDATA[ Melanesia Vanuatu ]]></dcterms:coverage>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://exhibitions.abdn.ac.uk/university-collections/document/1526">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[mandible.pig ]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[Lower jaw of domestic boar, tusks fully recurved &amp; re-entering jaw. Reid(1912): &#039;Lower jaw of domestic boar, aged sixteen years and seven months, killed December 1910.&#039;]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:abstract><![CDATA[Power depended upon the acquisition of wealth with which to buy advancement in exclusive graded societies. The standard form of wealth was pigs with exceptionally long and circular lower canine tusks, caused by the artificial removal of the upper grinders. <br /><br />Dairy bowl made at Seaton Pottery. The old course of the River Don is depicted. The rural nature of Old Aberdeen is emphasised with the herdboy seen in the group of three figures.]]></dcterms:abstract>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[Early: 1894 Late: 1910]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:relation><![CDATA[bone pig.tooth (several) ]]></dcterms:relation>
    <dcterms:format><![CDATA[L: 255 mm W: 182 mm]]></dcterms:format>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[<a href="http://calms.abdn.ac.uk/Geology/dserve.exe?dsqIni=Dserve.ini&amp;dsqApp=Archive&amp;dsqCmd=Show.tcl&amp;dsqDb=Catalog&amp;dsqPos=0&amp;dsqSearch=%28ObjectNumber%3D%27ABDUA%3A3050%27%29">ABDUA:3050</a>]]></dcterms:identifier>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://exhibitions.abdn.ac.uk/university-collections/document/1525">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[ mandible.pig ]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[Lower jaw of domestic boar - tusks almost fully recurved. For ceremonial use. &#039;A man&#039;s whole life at Santo depends upon the pig. Chieftanship is not hereditary in the north as in the south of New Hebrides group. If a man kills eleven pigs with circular tusks, he becomes a high chief, and takes his rank accordingly in next world. Sows are only fit for females.&#039; (Reid 1912, p286).]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:abstract><![CDATA[Power depended upon the acquisition of wealth with which to buy advancement in exclusive graded societies. The standard form of wealth was pigs with exceptionally long and circular lower canine tusks, caused by the artificial removal of the upper grinders.<br />
<br />
]]></dcterms:abstract>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[Early: 1800 Late: 1905]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:relation><![CDATA[bone pig.tooth (several) ]]></dcterms:relation>
    <dcterms:format><![CDATA[ L: 260 mm W: 120 mm]]></dcterms:format>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[<a href="http://calms.abdn.ac.uk/Geology/dserve.exe?dsqIni=Dserve.ini&amp;dsqApp=Archive&amp;dsqCmd=Show.tcl&amp;dsqDb=Catalog&amp;dsqPos=0&amp;dsqSearch=%28ObjectNumber%3D%27ABDUA%3A3049%27%29">ABDUA:3049</a>]]></dcterms:identifier>
    <dcterms:coverage><![CDATA[Melanesia Vanuatu Santo ]]></dcterms:coverage>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://exhibitions.abdn.ac.uk/university-collections/document/1524">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[ platter (pudding-plate) ]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[Shallow, oval platter with anthropomorphic handles at each end; one handle has raised stylised head in centre of open, oval, serrated fish-tail, the other handle has a similar head but face broken away. Museum&#039;s &#039;Slip Catalogue&#039;: &#039;Illustrated on page 13 of photographic Album compiled by The Rev F G Bowie, of the New Hebrides Group&#039; For interpretations of the design see Hunt (1981).]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[Early: 1800 Late: 1930]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:relation><![CDATA[wood ]]></dcterms:relation>
    <dcterms:format><![CDATA[L( with handles): 1214 mm W: 290 mm | L(without h ]]></dcterms:format>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[<a href="http://calms.abdn.ac.uk/Geology/dserve.exe?dsqIni=Dserve.ini&amp;dsqApp=Archive&amp;dsqCmd=Show.tcl&amp;dsqDb=Catalog&amp;dsqPos=0&amp;dsqSearch=%28ObjectNumber%3D%27ABDUA%3A3076%27%29">ABDUA:3076</a>]]></dcterms:identifier>
    <dcterms:coverage><![CDATA[ Melanesia Vanuatu Santo (South West?) ]]></dcterms:coverage>
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