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Exploring Central Asia : from the steppes to the high Pamirs, 1896-1899 / Esther Fihl ; editor-in-chief, Ida Nicolaisen.
Penn Museum Library DK854 .F534 2002 v.1-2
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Fihl, Esther, 1953-
- Series:
- Carlsberg Foundation's Nomad Research Project (Series)
- Carlsberg Foundation's Nomad Research Project
- Language:
- English
- Russian
- Subjects (All):
- Olufsen, O. (Ole), 1865-1929.
- Olufsen, O.
- Nationalmuseet (Denmark)--Catalogs.
- Nationalmuseet (Denmark).
- Nomads--Asia, Central.
- Nomads.
- Ethnology--Asia, Central--19th century.
- Ethnology.
- History.
- Asia, Central--Description and travel--19th century.
- Asia, Central.
- Asia, Central--Antiquities.
- Central Asia.
- Antiquities.
- Asia, Central--History--19th century.
- Genre:
- Catalogs.
- Physical Description:
- 2 volumes (736 pages) : illustrations (some color), maps ; 29 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Seattle : University of Washington Press, 2010.
- Language Note:
- In English with summary in Russian.
- Summary:
- Originally published: London; New York: Thames and Hudson; Copenhagen: Rhodos, 2002.
- Contents:
- vol. 1. Editor's preface : Danish nomad research, an overview ; Author's acknowledgements : a sketch of the research process ; Introduction ; Written sources and beyond ; The Danish setting in the 1890s ; travelling on a museum assignment ; Collecting objects ; The museum life of the objects ; Kyrgyz nomads in the Pamirs ; Agropastoralists in Vakhan ; Catalogue
- vol. 2. Turkmen nomads in Merv ; The Khanate of Khiva ; The Emirate of Bukhara and the Russian-controlled part of Turkestan ; Catalogue ; Representations of Central Asia ; Conclusion.
- Notes:
- "The prime aim of this publication has been to present the rich museum collection of objects, known as the 'Olufsen Collection', which belongs to the National Museum of Denmark"--Vol. 1, p. [19].
- Originally published: London ; New York : Thames and Hudson ; Copenhagen : Rhodos, 2002.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [682]-706) and indexes.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Lachs-Adler Family Endowed Fund for Collection Development.
- ISBN:
- 9780295990002
- 0295990007
- OCLC:
- 657353797
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