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Record Nr.

UNINA9910460020003321

Autore

Hudson Travis.

Titolo

Treasures from native California : the legacy of Russian exploration / / Travis Hudson and Craig D. Bates ; edited by Thomas Blackburn and John R. Johnson ; foreword by Stephen Watrous ; afterword by Glenn Farris

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Routledge, , 2016

ISBN

1-315-41636-0

1-315-41637-9

1-61132-984-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (232 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

BatesCraig D

BlackburnThomas C

JohnsonJohn R <1949-> (John Richard)

Disciplina

979.4/01

Soggetti

Indians of North America - Material culture - California

Electronic books.

California Discovery and exploration Russian

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

First published 2015 by Left Coast Press, Inc.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction: the Kunstkamera's California Collection -- Documenting a collection: the collectors and their objects -- A superb collector visits California: Ilia G. Voznesenskii -- Describing a people: the Russians as California ethnographers -- Objects of the quest: hunting and gathering equipment -- Objects of home and hearth: food preparation and shelter -- Interacting with the supernatural: ritual dress -- Objects for festive occasions: music, gifts, and games -- Some comments on significance.

Sommario/riassunto

The brief Russian presence in California yielded some of the earliest ethnography of Native Californians and some of the best collections of their material culture. Unstudied by western scholars because of their being housed in Russian museums, they are presented here for the first time in an English language volume. Descriptions of early nineteenth-century travelers such as von Wrangel and Voznesenskii are followed by a catalog of objects ranging from hunting weapons to household



objects to ritual dress to musical instruments, games, and gift objects.  An essential volume for those interested