Exchanging Objects : Nineteenth-Century Museum Anthropology at the Smithsonian Institution /

As an historical account of the exchange of "duplicate specimens" between anthropologists at the Smithsonian Institution and museums, collectors, and schools around the world in the late nineteenth century, this book reveals connections between both well-known museums and little-known loca...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Nichols, Catherine A. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Berghahn Books, 2021.
Colección:Museums and collections ; v. 12.
Temas:
National Museum of Natural History (U.S.) > History > 19th century.
National Museum of Natural History (U.S.)
1800-1899
Anthropological museums and collections > Washington (D.C.) > History > 19th century.
Museums > Collection management > Washington (D.C.) > History > 19th century.
Anthropologie > Musées et collections > Washington (D.C.) > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Musées > Gestion des collections > Washington (D.C.) > Histoire > 19e siècle.
ART / Museum Studies
Anthropological museums and collections.
Museums > Collection management.
Washington (D.C.)
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Intro
  • Contents
  • Illustrations and Tables
  • Acknowledgments
  • List of Abbreviations
  • Chronology: Lists of Relevant Smithsonia Institution/US National Museum Personnel
  • Introduction: A Bowl's Journey, There and Back Again
  • Part I
  • The Museum through the Lens of Specimen Exchange
  • Chapter 1
  • The Smithsonian and the Museum: Specimen Exchange as a Bridge between Joseph Henry's Research Institution and Spencer Baird's Grand Cabinet
  • Chapter 2
  • Spencer Baird's US National Museum and Early Trends in Exchanging Anthropological Duplicates (1861-1880)
  • Chapter 3
  • Networking the US National Museum: Exchanging Anthropological Duplicates (1882-1920)
  • Chapter 4
  • Giving and Receiving: Specimen Exchange between Curators, and the Shaping of Anthropological Collections
  • Part II
  • The Duplicate
  • Chapter 5
  • Duplicates: Specimens in Motion
  • Chapter 6
  • Catalogs, Classification, and Contingency: Designating Duplicates
  • Conclusion: Museum Pasts and Futures
  • Appendix: Smithsonian Institution/USNM Table of Distributed Specimens (1854-1880)
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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