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Captured heritage : the scramble for Northwest Coast artifacts  Cover Image Book Book

Captured heritage : the scramble for Northwest Coast artifacts

Summary: Examines the process of collecting artifacts on the northwest coast in the context of the development of museums and anthropology. Deals with the collecting of northwest coast Amerindian pieces by Europeans, Americans and Canadians for museums. White history about Indians and about their procurable culture.

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  • ISBN: 0295962151
  • ISBN: 9780295962153
  • ISBN: 0806127775
  • Physical Description: print
    xiii, 373 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
  • Publisher: Seattle : University of Washington Press, 1985.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 312-362) and index.
Formatted Contents Note: Prelude -- Secretary Baird and Judge Swan build a collection -- The French and German competitors -- The North American rivals -- Museums, expositions, and their specimens -- The American Museum and Dr. Boas -- The Field Museum and Dr. Newcombe -- A declining market -- Successful collecting in thin country -- Epilogue -- Themes and patterns
Citation/References Note:
Book review by Ronald L. Weber, in American Indian art magazine, 0192-9968, Vol. 12, no. 3 (summer 1987), p. 71-72, 75-76
Subject: Indians of North America Antiquities Collectors and collecting Northwest Coast of North America History
Indians of North America Material culture Northwest Coast of North America
Collectors and collecting Moral and ethical aspects
Ethnological museums and collections History

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  • 2 of 2 copies available at Northwest Indian College.

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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Lummi Library E 98 .A56 N78 C65 1985 0231655 Stacks Reshelving -
Lummi Library E 98 .A56 N78 C65 1985 247554 Stacks Reshelving -

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