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  1. Confluences
    an American expedition to northern Burma, 1935; [This catalogue is published in conjunction with the exhibition Confluences: An American Expedition to Northern Burma, 1935 held at the Bard Graduate Center: Decorative Arts, Design History, Material Culture from April 4, 2013 through August 3, 2013]
    Erschienen: [2013]
    Verlag:  Published by the Bard Graduate Center: Decorative Arts, Design History, Material Culture, [New York]

    "In January 1935, the Vernay-Hopwood Chindwin Expedition departed from Rangoon to explore the Chindwin River on behalf of the American Museum of Natural History. The party traversed northern Burma, gathering biological specimens and ethnological... mehr

    Niedersächsische Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Göttingen
    2016 A 27433
    uneingeschränkte Fernleihe, Kopie und Ausleihe
    Klassik Stiftung Weimar / Herzogin Anna Amalia Bibliothek
    243526 - A
    uneingeschränkte Fernleihe, Kopie und Ausleihe

     

    "In January 1935, the Vernay-Hopwood Chindwin Expedition departed from Rangoon to explore the Chindwin River on behalf of the American Museum of Natural History. The party traversed northern Burma, gathering biological specimens and ethnological artifacts for the museum. This intriguing book includes documentation and photographs made during the journey as well as biographical narratives of its organizers, sponsors, and field scientists. The collected items, personal belongings, provisions, tools, and exchange goods carried by the expedition party tell the story of the participants' encounters with flora, fauna, landscapes, and people, including the "head-hunting Nagas." This account offers fascinating details of the expedition's itinerary, cross-cultural interactions, and exchanges"--

     

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    Quelle: Herzogin Anna Amalia Bibliothek
    Sprache: Englisch
    Medientyp: Buch (Monographie)
    Format: Druck
    ISBN: 9780300190236
    RVK Klassifikation: LB 18405
    Schlagworte: Material culture; Ethnological expeditions; Scientific expeditions; Burma; Mount Everest; Expedition
    Umfang: 128 S, Ill, 23 cm
    Bemerkung(en):

    The anthropology of expeditions -- The back story -- The route -- The expedition party -- The expedition caravan -- The ethnic makeup of northern Burma -- Assemblage for anthropology -- Shipped to New York -- An expedition into the archives.

    Includes bibliographical references and index