Basketry: Making Human Nature brings together traditional and contemporary basketry from Western Amazonia, North America, Oceania, Africa, Japan, South-East Asia and Europe. The exhibition reveals the extraordinary uses of basketry technology and asks us to consider its place in human culture.
Basketry: Making Human Nature brings together traditional and contemporary basketry from Western Amazonia, North America, Oceania, Africa, Japan, Sout...
In the West at the turn of the twentieth century, public understanding of science and the world was shaped in part by expeditions to Asia, North America, and the Pacific. The Anthropology of Expeditions draws together contributions from anthropologists and historians of science to explore the role of these journeys in natural history and anthropology between approximately 1890 and 1930. By examining collected materials as well as museum and archive records, the contributors to this volume shed light on the complex social life and intimate work practices of the researchers involved in...
In the West at the turn of the twentieth century, public understanding of science and the world was shaped in part by expeditions to Asia, North Ameri...