| Description |
250 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 27 cm |
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Contributions in critical museology and material culture |
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Contributions in critical museology and material culture.
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| Contents |
Introduction : the return of the subject / Anthony Shelton -- The eloquence of objects / Roger Cardinal -- Leon Underwood : an artist collector / Celina Jeffrey -- The dogs of Fo : gender, identity and collecting / Sarah Cheang -- Scholars and connoisseurs : knowledge and taste. The Seligman Collection of Chinese Art / Nicky Levell -- Naga Independence, women and radical collectors : themes in the Horniman Museum's Naga collection / Andy West -- In the shadow of the palace : Frederick J. Horniman and his collection / Ken Teague -- Merchants, musicians and missionaries : contributors to the musical instrument collection of the Horniman Museum 1898-1998 / Margaret Birley -- Quex for adventure : the Powell-Cotton family enterprise from field to showcase / Keith Nicklin -- From the fetish to the specimen : the Ridyard African collection at the Liverpool Museum 1895-1916 / Louise Tythacott -- Discontinuous Histories : the Royal Albert Memorial Museum, Exeter and its African collection, 1868-1996 / Nicky Levell -- Rational passions : Frederick John Horniman and institutional collectors / Anthony Shelton -- The arts of the Portugese empire : the emergence of Cokwé art in the province of Angola / Nuno Porto |
| Notes |
Contains papers presented at the conference Collections and Innovations, 1997 |
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Co-published by: Museu Antroplógico da Universidade de Coimbra |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Subject |
Collectors and collecting.
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Museums -- Collection management.
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Material culture -- Conservation and restoration.
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Antiquities -- Collection and preservation.
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Museum exhibits.
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| Author |
Shelton, Anthony.
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Universidade de Coimbra. Museu Antropológico.
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Horniman Museum.
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| LC no. |
2001369571 |
| ISBN |
0951814176 paperback |
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