Inter-University Research Institute Corporation National Institutes for the Humanities National Museum of Ethnology

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Kirap long taim ol i bin opim the National Museum of Ethnology long yia 1977, dispela miusiam i save mekim bikpela wok long kisim save long i stap bilong ol man long Oseania, na lukautim gut ol samting bilong dispela hap. Long yia 1985-86, dispela miusiam i bin baim George Brown Koleksen, em ol samting ol asples i save yusim long sindaun bilong ol, long the University of Newcastle on Tyne, long Inglan, UK. George Brown, em i wanpela pasto na saveman, i bin mekim wok misineri bilong lotu Mesodis long ol Pasifik Ailan, na long wankain taim, em i mekim bikpela hatwok long bungim ol samting inap planti yia, na long dispela rot, dispela koleksen i bin kamap. Dispela Koleksen i bikpela samting long sait bilong histori na kalsa. Dispela koleksen i bikpela samting tu long narapela samting, bikos em i kamapim ples klia ol samting bilong sindaun bilong ol asples na bilong wok misin em Mr. Brown i bin raitim long ol buk bilong em. Na, em i bikpela sating tu long planti manmeri bilong ol Pasifik ailan bikos ol i ken lukluk na kisim ol save long ol sindaun bilong ol tumbuna bilong ol yet.

Peter Matthews na Isao Hayashi
National Museum of Ethnology, Osaka, Japan.