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Aus dem Pazifik : Ein Sammler aus Leidenschaft : F.H. Otto Finsch (1839-1917)
- Title
- Aus dem Pazifik : Ein Sammler aus Leidenschaft : F.H. Otto Finsch (1839-1917) / Gabriele Weiss und Ildikó Cazan-Simányi.
- Author
- Weiss, Gabriele, 1955-
- Publication
- Wien : Kunsthistorisches Museum mit Museum für Völkerkunde und Österreichischem Theatermuseum, ©2012.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Book/Text | Use in library | GN663 .W44 2012q Oversize | Off-site |
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- Description
- 64 pages : chiefly color illustrations, portraits; 30 cm
- Summary
- "The exhibition places the scientific legacy of German explorer, naturalist, and ethnographer Otto Finsch into the ideological context of 19th century anthropological scholarship as well as of German colonial interests in the Pacific. From his two South Sea Expeditions (1879-1882 and 1884-1885) focusing on the Marshall-, Gilbert-, and Caroline-Islands, the Bismarck-Archipelago, and the eastern part of mainland New Guinea, Otto Finsch took back excellent records of his scientific work and a rich collection of ethnographic artifacts to Europe. Twenty-six handwritten diaries, field notes, object catalogues, native language word lists, sketches, drawings, and (anthropometric) photographs are stored in the archives of Museums für Völkerkunde Wien. About 2000 ethnographical objects from Micronesia, Melanesia, Polynesia, and Australia, such as implements, weapons, shell money, and adornment and ritual objects reflect masterful craftsmanship and outstandingly skilled artistry." --P. 61.
- Alternative Title
- Ein Sammler aus Leidenschaft : F. H. Otto Finsch (1839-1917)
- Otto Finsch (1839-1917)
- Subject
- Finsch, O. 1839-1917 > Ethnological collections > Exhibitions
- Finsch, O. 1839-1917 > Travel > Oceania > Exhibitions
- Finsch, O. 1839-1917
- Museum für Völkerkunde (Austria) > Catalogs
- Museum für Völkerkunde (Austria)
- Ethnology > Oceania > Exhibitions
- Material culture > Oceania > Exhibitions
- Art, Pacific Island > Exhibitions
- Anthropology > Private collections
- Art, Pacific Island
- Ethnology
- Material culture
- Travel
- Oceania
- Genre/Form
- catalogs (documents)
- Catalogs
- Exhibition catalogs
- Catalogs.
- Catalogues.
- Note
- Catalog of an exhibition held at Museum für Völkerkunde, Wien, May 16-Oct. 8, 2012.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Language (note)
- In German; Summary in English.
- ISBN
- 9783990200179
- 3990200178
- OCLC
- ocn802370736
- 802370736
- SCSB-1661328
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library