{"pk":57975,"title":"Recollections: Australian Connections,  Collaborations, and Collections in the Sepik Region of Papua New Guinea, 1960s–1970s","subtitle":null,"abstract":"This paper traces collecting practices and field research in the Sepik region of Papua New Guinea during the 1960s and 1970s, when there was heightened interest in the cultural heritage of Papua New Guineans in Australia. It begins with William Dargie, chairman of the Commonwealth Arts Advisory Board, who went to the Sepik in 1968–69. It then investigates the collecting activities of several other Australians working in the Sepik region at that time: Robert MacLennan, Helen and Paul Dennett, and Percy and Renata Cochrane. The paper also discusses exhibitions and collaborative projects that have arisen from these collections and field trips, signalling that a wealth of information remains to be discovered by researchers examining these archives.","language":"en","license":{"name":"Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives  4.0","short_name":"CC BY-NC-ND 4.0","text":"Attribution — You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.\n\nNonCommercial — You may not use the material for commercial purposes.\n\nNoDerivatives — If you remix, transform, or build upon the material, you may not distribute the modified material.\n\nNo additional restrictions — You may not apply legal terms or technological measures that legally restrict others from doing anything the license permits.","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0"},"keywords":[{"word":"Sepik art, Kambot art, Abelam art, art collections, art collectors, Papua New Guinea, Territory of Papua and New Guinea, Australian National Gallery, Papua New Guinea National Museum and Art Gallery"}],"section":"Articles & Creative Work","is_remote":true,"remote_url":"https://escholarship.org/uc/item/9gb0w78k","frozenauthors":[{"first_name":"Susan","middle_name":"","last_name":"Cochrane","name_suffix":"","institution":"","department":""}],"date_submitted":"2024-01-21T14:38:35Z","date_accepted":"2024-01-21T14:38:35Z","date_published":"2023-01-01T00:00:00Z","render_galley":null,"galleys":[{"label":"","type":"pdf","path":"https://journalpub.escholarship.org/pacificarts/article/57975/galley/44151/download/"}]}