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The unschooled anthropologist working with Q'eqchi' weavers

24 Sep 2019

Living for ten months with Q’eqchi’ weavers in the Alta Verapaz of Guatemala, PhD student Callie Vandewiele watched and listened as the women crafted...

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Mysterious 11,000-year-old skull headdresses go on display in Cambridge

21 Jun 2018

Three 11,500-year-old deer skull headdresses – excavated from a world-renowned archaeological site in Yorkshire – will go on display, one for the...

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A memorial to Nelson Mandela to mark centenary of Arch and Anth tripos

12 Mar 2015

A campaign has been launched to provide a Mandela Professorship in African Archaeology at the University of Cambridge.

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Modern art’s missing chapter

25 Feb 2015

The artworks of black and indigenous peoples – a missing chapter in the history of modern art – is brought into sharp focus in a ‘revelatory’...

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Plastic hair comb, 21st century, bought in Nigeria

Origins of the Afro Comb: 6,000 years of culture, politics and identity

02 Jul 2013

The 6,000-year history of the Afro Comb, its extraordinary impact on cultures worldwide, and community stories relating to hair today are being...

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Human-shaped figures and pendants of whale ivory strung on fine plaited coir cords. Probably presented to Lady Gordon, 1875-80, Fiji.

First major UK exhibition of Fijian art opens at Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology

07 Jun 2013

The most historically significant collection of Fijian objects in the world outside of Fiji will go on display from today (June 7) at Cambridge...

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Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology opens its doors for Bank Holiday Gala Weekend

23 Apr 2013

The Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology (MAA), is to hold two special events to celebrate its shortlisting as one of the finalists for the Art...

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Cambridge galleries, Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology

Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology shortlisted for Art Fund Prize

04 Apr 2013

The Museum of Archaeology & Anthropology (MAA) has been announced as one of the ten finalists for the prestigious Art Fund Prize for Museum of...

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7,000BC: The dawn of cinema brought to life at the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology

08 Mar 2013

Some of the world’s oldest engravings of the human form – prehistoric rock art from the Italian Alps – have been brought to life by the latest...

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