INDIGENOUS CULTURAL MATERIAL

Indigenous cultural material are taonga – treasures, inherited from our ancestors. This legacy endures and exists because of existing, living relationships between taonga and community. We work to shift the focus from caring for just the physical object, embracing a more holistic view to care that considers Indigenous cultural material as something that is “living, breathing and continually evolving”. We maintain the tangible and intangible, to provide more depth and understanding to ways in which Indigenous cultural material is documented, interpreted and accessed. We have worked with:

• Plant Material

• Wood

• Natural Fibres

• Feathers

• Woven Materials

• Shell

• Bone

• Animal Skin and Fur

• Bark Cloth, Tapa

• Other Animal Material