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Treasures from Native California : the legacy of Russian exploration /

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Hudson, Travis (Author), Bates, Craig D. (Author)
Other Authors: Blackburn, Thomas C. (Editor), Johnson, John R. (John Richard), 1949- (Editor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Walnut Creek, California : Left Coast Press, Inc., [2014]
Subjects:
Indians of North America > Material culture > California > Catalogs.
California > Discovery and exploration > Russian.
Kunstkamera (Imperatorskai͡a akademīi͡a nauk) > Catalogs.
Ethnological museums and collections > Russia (Federation) > History > 19th century.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: The Kunstkamera's California collection
  • Documenting a collection : the collectors and their objects
  • A superb collector visits California : Il'ia G. Voznesenskii
  • Describing a people : the Russians as ethnographers
  • Objects of the quest : hunting and gathering equipment
  • Objects of home and hearth : food preparation and shelter
  • Interacting with the supernatural : ritual dress
  • Objects for festive occasions : music, gifts, and games
  • Some comments on significance
  • Afterword: The bicentenary and beyond / by Glenn Farris.