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In Humboldt's Shadow : A Tragic History Of German Ethnology / H. Glenn Penny.

Summary:

In Humboldt's Shadow tells the stories of these ethnologists and the objects, collections, and knowledge they assembled - and of the tragic turn their museums took when their successors undercut their bracing Humboldtian motives. In this book H. Glenn Penny calls on museums to embrace anew this Humboldtian vision, while deepening their dialogue and engagement with indigenous peoples over the provenance and stewardship of these collections. While supporting repatriation of artifacts where appropriate, Penny argues that greater funding for the research and curation functions of contemporary museums would allow them to properly research the provenance of artifacts in their collections".

Record details

ISBN: 9780691211145
Physical Description: x, 220 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm.
Publisher: Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2021.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Introduction kihawahine : the future in the past -- Hawaiian feathered cloaks and Mayan sculptures : collecting origins -- The Haida crest pole and the Nootka eagle mask : hypercollecting -- Benin bronzes : colonial questions -- Guatemalan textiles : persisting global networks -- The Yup'ik flying-swan mask : the past in the future -- Epilogue : harnessing Humboldt.