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Mining the Museum: ‘We shared our knowledge and our lives’

Description

The image depicts a work on display in "Mining the Museum," a 1992-1993 installation by artist Fred Wilson at the Maryland Historical Society. In Mining the Museum, Wilson used the museum's collections to confront and challenge perceptions about history, culture, and race. It was a joint exhibition with The Contemporary in Baltimore. The items on display in this image include American Indian stone arrowheads, axes, hoes, celts, and oyster shell tool for hollowing canoes from the Marion V. Brewington Collection, circa 1600, along with a prototype model of a five-log canoe, showing a finished side and a rough-hewn side, by William Calvert Steuart, 1893.

Date

1992-1993

Contributor(s)

Contributor(s) Notes

Photographer: Maryland Historical Society Museum; Artist: Fred Wilson

Language(s)

Collection Number

MS 2008

Dimensions

35 mm

Object ID

MTM 024

Extent

1 slide

Resource ID

4639

Digital Publisher

Digital resource provided by the Maryland Center for History and Culture

Rights

This digital image is made available here for private study, scholarship, and research. Commercial and other uses are prohibited without the permission of the Maryland Center for History and Culture. For more information, visit the MCHC’s Reproductions and Permissions web page.