| Description |
1 online resource (231 pages) : illustrations, map |
| Contents |
Introduction: the Kunstkamera's California Collection -- Documenting a collection: the collectors and their objects -- A superb collector visits California: Ilia G. Voznesenskii -- Describing a people: the Russians as California 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 |
| Summary |
The brief Russian presence in California yielded some of the earliest ethnography of Native Californians and some of the best collections of their material culture. Unstudied by western scholars because of their being housed in Russian museums, they are presented here for the first time in an English language volume. Descriptions of early nineteenth-century travelers such as von Wrangel and Voznesenskii are followed by a catalog of objects ranging from hunting weapons to household objects to ritual dress to musical instruments, games, and gift objects. An essential volume for those interested |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Indians of North America -- Material culture -- California -- Catalogs
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HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- General.
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Discoveries in geography -- Russian
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Indians of North America -- Material culture
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| SUBJECT |
California -- Discovery and exploration -- Russian
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| Subject |
California
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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Electronic book
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Catalogs
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Bates, Craig D., author.
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Blackburn, Thomas C., editor.
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Johnson, John R. (John Richard), 1949- editor.
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| ISBN |
9781611329841 |
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1611329841 |
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9781611327533 |
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1611327539 |
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