Some of the stories I wrote started with these Museum objects — and here, I tell them in my own voice.

Songline painting
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BENIN crown

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Nimrud reliefs

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Flood Tablet

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Cunieform 

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Kar Jar

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Lewis Chessmen
Astrolabe

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Yaxchilán Lintel

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TAlly Stick