On the first floor, the Maudslay gallery houses the Museum’s principal Anthropology collection, displaying culturally significant art and artefacts from around the world.
Highlights include:
• the Museum’s exquisite collection of Asian sculpture
• a 26-foot-high (8-metre) intricately carved Maori flagpole, fully restored in 2008
• art and craft material from the Torres Strait Islands, off the northern coast of Australia
• unique objects from Oceania, North America and the Arctic collected on the voyages of Captain Cook
