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Record Nr.

UNINA9910462889103321

Autore

Jacobs Karen

Titolo

Collecting Kamoro [[electronic resource] ] : objects, encounters and representation in Papua (Western New Guinea) / / Karen Jacobs

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leiden, : Sidestone Press, : In cooperation with the National Museum of Ethnology, Leiden, c2011

ISBN

90-8890-182-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (291 p.)

Collana

Mededelingen van het Rijksmuseum voor Volkenkunde, Leiden ; ; no. 40

Disciplina

305.89912

Soggetti

Mimika (Indonesian people) - Material culture

Material culture - Papua New Guinea - Papua

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

pt. 1. Integration -- pt. 2. Representation -- pt. 3. Objectification.

Sommario/riassunto

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