In Humboldt's Shadow : : A Tragic History of German Ethnology / / H. Glenn Penny.
A compelling history of the German ethnologists who were inspired by Prussian polymath and explorer Alexander von HumboldtThe Berlin Ethnological Museum is one of the world's largest and most important anthropological museums, housing more than a half million objects collected from around the g...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2021] ©2021 |
| Year of Publication: | 2021 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (240 p.) :; 37 b/w illus. |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- contents
- List of Illustrations
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction Kihawahine: The Future in the Past
- chapter 1 Hawaiian Feather Cloaks and Mayan Sculptures: Collecting Origins
- chapter 2 The Haida Crest Pole and the Nootka Eagle Mask: Hypercollecting
- chapter 3 Benin Bronzes: Colonial Questions
- chapter 4 Guatemalan Textiles: Persisting Global Networks
- chapter 5 The Yup’ik Flying Swan Mask: The Past in the Future
- Epilogue: Harnessing Humboldt
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index