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Objects Collecting People
The publication Objects Collecting People (Kristina Tohmo, Johanna Perheentupa and Matt Poll Eds.), is based on a project of the Helinä Rautavaara Museum. It documents a rare encounter between cultural objects, the heirs of their original owners and creators, and two museums.
The storyline follows missionary Oscar Liebler, who worked in Hermannsburg in central Australia in the early 20th century. He collected approximately 2000 cultural objects from local First Nations communities, among which was the Arrernte community. A part of his collection ended up in Finland.
A hundred years later, in June 2018, two members of the Arrernte community, Lofty Katakarinja and Shaun Angeles, travelled to Finland to found out the extent of their cultural footprint into the northern hemisphere. Now the objects have been reunited with people who are their cultural inheritors.
The project involved several partners: the National Museum of Finland, the Strehlow Research Centre, the University of Sydney and the Nura Gili Indigenous Programs Unit, UNSW, and was implemented with the support of the Kone Foundation.
The storyline follows missionary Oscar Liebler, who worked in Hermannsburg in central Australia in the early 20th century. He collected approximately 2000 cultural objects from local First Nations communities, among which was the Arrernte community. A part of his collection ended up in Finland.
A hundred years later, in June 2018, two members of the Arrernte community, Lofty Katakarinja and Shaun Angeles, travelled to Finland to found out the extent of their cultural footprint into the northern hemisphere. Now the objects have been reunited with people who are their cultural inheritors.
The project involved several partners: the National Museum of Finland, the Strehlow Research Centre, the University of Sydney and the Nura Gili Indigenous Programs Unit, UNSW, and was implemented with the support of the Kone Foundation.
160 pages
Published January 1, 2019
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