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Collecting Kamoro : objects, encounters and representation in Papua (Western New Guinea) / Karen Jacobs.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Jacobs, Karen.
Contributor:
Rijksmuseum voor Volkenkunde (Netherlands)
Series:
Mededelingen van het Rijksmuseum voor Volkenkunde, Leiden ; no. 40.
Mededelingen van het Rijksmuseum voor Volkenkunde, Leiden ; no. 40
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Mimika (Indonesian people)--Material culture.
Mimika (Indonesian people).
Material culture--Papua New Guinea--Papua.
Material culture.
Papua (Indonesia)--Social life and customs.
Papua (Indonesia).
Papua (Indonesia)--Ethnic relations.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (vi, 281 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color), map
Place of Publication:
Leiden : Sidestone Press : In cooperation with the National Museum of Ethnology, Leiden, c2011.
Language Note:
English
Summary:
The story of ethnographic collecting is one of cross-cultural encounters. This book focuses on collecting encounters in the Kamoro region of Papua from the earliest collections made in 1828 until 2011. Exploring the links between representation and collecting, the author focuses on the creative and pragmatic agency of Kamoro people in these collecting encounters. The story of ethnographic collecting is one of cross-cultural encounters. This book focuses on collecting encounters in the Kamoro region of Papua from the earliest collections made in 1828 until 2011. Exploring the links between repr
Contents:
pt. 1. Integration
pt. 2. Representation
pt. 3. Objectification.
Notes:
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
90-8890-182-1
OCLC:
844939483

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