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An Ethnography of the Hermit Kingdom: The J.B. Bernadou Korean collection, 1884-1885 / by Chang-su Cho Houchins.

Title
An Ethnography of the Hermit Kingdom: The J.B. Bernadou Korean collection, 1884-1885 / by Chang-su Cho Houchins.
Author
Houchins, Chang-su.
Publication
Washington, D.C. : Asian Cultural History Program, Smithonian Institution, 2004.

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  • Taylor, Paul Michael, 1953-
  • National Museum of Natural History (U.S.). Asian Cultural History Program.
Description
158 p. : col. ill.; 28 cm.
Summary
In 1884, Smithsonian Secretary Spencer Baird appointed J. B. Bernadou, a naval officer, to gather a collection of material culture from the Hermit Kingdom, which had been closed to outsiders until 1882. Baird gave Bernadou the official title of "Smithsonian Attache" to the American Legation. Richly illustrated with beautiful color photographs, An Ethnography of the Hermit Kingdom will interest art-, social-, and diplomatic-historians; anthropologists; linguists; students of Korean culture; and all those who appreciate the aesthetic quality of these objects, and the stories they tell. This ethnographic catalogue of historic Korean objects includes chapters that cover a wide range of pre-industrial material and intellectual resources (including ceramics, textiles, furniture, paintings, manuscripts and maps) that illustrate Korean life styles, values, philosophy, and aesthetics.
Alternative Title
J.B. Bernadou Korean collection (1884-1885)
Subject
  • Bernadou, John B. 1858-1908 > Art collections > Catalogs
  • National Museum of Natural History (U.S.). Asian Cultural History Program > Catalogs
  • 1392-1910
  • Arts, Korean > Chosŏn dynasty, 1392-1910 > Catalogs
  • Arts > Private collections > Washington (D.C.) > Catalogs
  • Korea > Antiquities > Catalogs
Genre/Form
  • catalogs (documents)
  • Catalogs
  • Catalogues.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 139-143) and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
John Baptiste Bernadou collection -- Catalogue. Ceramics ; Textiles ; Clothing and accessories ; Household furniture, utensils, and accessories ; Writing implements ; Paintings, woodcut prints, and drawings ; Printed books, manuscripts, and maps ; Miscellany.
ISBN
0972455736
LCCN
^^2004452627
OCLC
56483790
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library