Title Creating authenticity. Authentication processes in ethnographic museums / alexander Geurds ; Laura Van Broekhoven

Published Leiden : Sidestone Press, 2013

Table of Contents
	Preface					vii
	Culture Sketching: The Authenticity Quest in Ethnographic Museums
	An Introduction / Dr. Alexander Geurds					1
	Real, Fake or a Combination?
	Examining the Authenticity of a Mesoamerican Mosaic Skull / Martin E. Berger					11
	When is Authentic?
	Situating Authenticity in the Itineraries of Objects / Rosemary Joyce					39
	Authentic Forgeries? / Oliver Watson					59
	From Lukas to Liefkes?
	Age and Authenticity of Gold Jewellery from Sumba, Indonesia / Francine Brinkgreve					73
	The Real Stuff: Authenticity and Photography from East Greenland in the Netherlands / Dr. Cunera Buijs					101
	Alternative Authenticities (and Inauthenticities) / Sally Price					137
	Authenticity and Curatorial Practice / Dr. Laura N.K. Van Broekhoven					151
	List of contributors and addresses					163

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Description 1 online resource (176 pages) Series Mededelingen van het Rijksmuseum voor Volkenkunde ; 42 Mededelingen van het Rijksmuseum voor Volkenkunde ; 42 Summary 'Authenticity' and authentication is at the heart of museums' concerns in displays, objects, and interaction with visitors. These notions have formed a central element in early thought on culture and collecting. Nineteenth century-explorers, commissioned museum collectors and pioneering ethnographers attempted to lay bare the essences of cultures through collecting and studying objects from distant communities. Comparably, historical archaeology departed from the idea that cultures were discrete bounded entities, subject to divergence but precisely therefore also to be traced back and linked t Bibliography Includes bibliographical references Notes Print version record Subject Ethnological museums and collections. Form Electronic book Author Geurds, Alexander, 1974- Van Broekhoven, Laura ISBN 1306408474 (ebk) 9088902062 (electronic bk.) 9781306408479 (ebk) 9789088902062 (electronic bk.)

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