Treasures from native California : the legacy of Russian exploration /

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The brief Russian presence in California yielded some of the earliest ethnography of Native Californians and some of the best collections of their material culture. Unstudied by western scholars because of their being housed in Russian museums, they are presented here for the first time in an Englis...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Hudson, Travis (Autor), Bates, Craig D. (Autor)
Otros Autores: Blackburn, Thomas C. (Editor ), Johnson, John R. (John Richard), 1949- (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Walnut Creek, California : Left Coast Press, Inc., 2014.
Temas:
Indians of North America > Material culture > California > Catalogs.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > General.
Discoveries in geography > Russian
Indians of North America > Material culture
California > Discovery and exploration > Russian.
California
Electronic books.
Electronic book.
Catalogs
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: the Kunstkamera's California Collection
  • Documenting a collection: the collectors and their objects
  • A superb collector visits California: Ilia G. Voznesenskii
  • Describing a people: the Russians as California ethnographers
  • Objects of the quest: hunting and gathering equipment
  • Objects of home and hearth: food preparation and shelter
  • Interacting with the supernatural: ritual dress
  • Objects for festive occasions: music, gifts, and games
  • Some comments on significance.

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