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Exchanging Objects : Nineteenth-Century Museum Anthropology at the Smithsonian Institution

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  • Medientyp: E-Book
  • Titel: Exchanging Objects : Nineteenth-Century Museum Anthropology at the Smithsonian Institution
  • Enthält: Frontmatter
    Contents
    List of Illustrations and Tables
    Acknowledgments
    List of Abbreviations
    Chronology. Lists of Relevant Smithsonian Institution/ US National Museum Personnel
    Introduction. A Bowl's Journey, There and Back Again
    Part I. The Museum through the Lens of Specimen Exchange
    Chapter 1. The Smithsonian and the Museum: Specimen Exchange as a Bridge between Joseph Henry's Research Institution and Spencer Baird's Grand Cabinet
    Chapter 2. Spencer Baird's US National Museum and Early Trends in Exchanging Anthropological Duplicates (1861-1880)
    Chapter 3. Networking the US National Museum: Exchanging Anthropological Duplicates (1882-1920)
    Chapter 4. Giving and Receiving: Specimen Exchange between Curators, and the Shaping of Anthropological Collections
    Part II. The Duplicate
    Chapter 5. Duplicates: Specimens in Motion
    Chapter 6. Catalogs, Classifi cation, and Contingency: Designating Duplicates
    Conclusion. Museum Pasts and Futures
    Appendix. Smithsonian Institution/USNM Table of Distributed Specimens (1854-1880)
    Bibliography
    Index
  • Beteiligte: Nichols, Catherine A. [VerfasserIn]
  • Erschienen: New York; Oxford: Berghahn Books, [2021]
  • Erschienen in: Museums and Collections ; 12
  • Umfang: 1 Online-Ressource (268 p.)
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • DOI: 10.1515/9781800730533
  • ISBN: 9781800730533
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  • RVK-Notation: LB 34610 : USA
  • Schlagwörter: Anthropological museums and collections Washington (D.C.) History 19th century ; Museums Collection management Washington (D.C.) History 19th century ; ART / Museum Studies ; 19th century ; anthropology ; appropriation ; archival ; art collectors ; art ; career ; classifying objects ; collections catalogs exhibitions ; contemporary museum work ; deaccessioning ; duplicate specimens ; engaging ; exchange ; historical account ; history ; local institutions ; museum curators ; museum exchanges ; museum objects ; museum professionals ; [...]
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  • Anmerkungen: In English
  • Beschreibung: As an historical account of the exchange of "duplicate specimens" between anthropologists at the Smithsonian Institution and museums, collectors, and schools around the world in the late nineteenth century, this book reveals connections between both well-known museums and little-known local institutions, created through the exchange of museum objects. It explores how anthropologists categorized some objects in their collections as "duplicate specimens," making them potential candidates for exchange. This historical form of what museum professionals would now call deaccessioning considers the intellectual and technical requirement of classifying objects in museums, and suggests that a deeper understanding of past museum practice can inform mission-driven contemporary museum work
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