Provenance: Twelve Collectors of Ethnographic Art in England 1760-1990
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Detailed biographies describe the lives of twelve collectors of tribal art in Britain, active between 1770 and 1990. These men were rarely field collectors and only occasional travellers, but they were vigorous hunters, for whom the pursuit, handling and possession of such objects was what mattered.
The climax of the period of collecting from around 1880 to 1960 coincided with the maximum extent of Empire, when legions of explorers, missionaries,...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:190347096X
ISBN13:9781903470961
Release Date:September 2009
Publisher:University of Washington Press
Length:176 Pages
Weight:1.40 lbs.
Dimensions:0.6" x 7.0" x 9.3"
Grade Range:Postsecondary and higher
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