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    • The children of Cora Villa
    • The librarian’s house
    • A note on archaeology and racism
    • Lost in translation
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Christchurch people! It's NZ Archaeology Week soon and there's a great event happening at Tūranga on April 23rd, 6 pm. A fantastic array (if I do say so myself) of speakers - archaeologists and heritage professionals - will be sharing stories of places in Ōtautahi Christchurch and further afield. It should be an excellent evening - do come along if you're in the city!
Some fireplace tiles for you! What I find particularly intriguing about these ones is that they're from the same house (built c.1896) and are quite similar. They're also quite muted in tone. Fireplace tiles were typically quite rich and vibrant colour, and usually the tiles in each room were quite different. Jessie did some clever sleuthing for me and was able to identify that the design in the first picture was made by three different companies in the late 19th century, but those examples were all multi-coloured. If you look closely at the joins in this picture, you can see that these tiles were probably relatively cheaply made.-K
Although it's supposed to be aspirational, at least in terms of teaching children the value of frugality, I can't help but feel that the slogan of this children's cup is a little bit depressing in light of, well, everything. That and, this Friday afternoon (and many other afternoons, to be fair) I very much identify with the dog in this image, which somehow seems resigned to everything.
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