2023 Session 23: Collections-based Research

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Title

2023 Session 23: Collections-based Research

Subject

Session 23 papers

Description

Papers presented at Session 23 of the 2023 Asia Pacific Regional Conference on Underwater Cultural Heritage

Creator

Asia Pacific Regional Conference on Underwater Cultural Heritage

Publisher

The Museum of Underwater Archaeology

Date

November 2023

Rights

Asia Pacific Regional Conference on Underwater Cultural Heritage

Language

English

Rights Holder

Asia Pacific Regional Conference on Underwater Cultural Heritage

Collection Items

Early Modern Japanese Whaling: An Iconographic Study
Small museums can be the repository of mighty collections. The New Bedford Whaling Museum (NBWM) in
Massachusetts, USA, is one such example. The NBWM holds a significant collection of artwork depicting early
modern (17th – 19th c) Japanese whaling.…

Ceramic collection in Vietnamese museums of the Cu Lao Cham shipwreck
The fifteenth and sixteenth century Cù Lao Chàm / Hoi An shipwreck’s cargo consists of several different types
of ceramics. This essay introduces three types of blue and white ware, based on their external appearance of
glaze, decorations, and…

Ethnological Museum of Bandar-e Kong: a Collection of Living Maritime Cultural Heritage and Oral History
Bandar-e Kong is a port-town located in the Iranian coasts of the Persian Gulf, which flourished in the 17th
century CE with the presence of the Portuguese. Since then, Bandar-e Kong has been a departure point for
Iranian ships sailing the triangle…

15th century carnelian bead cargo of the Indian Ocean World: a conversation starter on collections-based research in the Asia-Pacific
The topic of this abstract fits best within the Collections-based Research Session because existing museum
collections of carnelian beads from two archaeological shipwreck sites were analyzed. The sites include different
ship constructions located…

Preliminary analysis of the early handheld guns recovered from shipwrecks plying the seas of the pre-colonial Philippines, c.1400 – c.1600
This study presents seven early handheld guns also known as “handgonnes” or hand cannons recovered from
shipwrecks plying the seas of the pre-colonial Philippines. In this paper, three guns HHG-001, HHG-002, and
HHG-003, feature shorter and stubby…
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