Title Confluences : an American expedition to northern Burma, 1935 / Erin L. Hasinoff

Published New Haven : Distributed by Yale University Press, [2013] [New York] : Published by the Bard Graduate Center: Decorative Arts, Design History, Material Culture, [2013] [New York] Published by the Bard Graduate Center: Decorative Arts, Design History, Material Culture, [2013] New Haven Distributed by Yale University Press, [2013] ©2013

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Description 128 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 23 cm Contents 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 Summary "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"-- Notes "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"--Title page verso Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index SUBJECT Mount Everest Expedition (1935) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/nr2006021775 Subject Ethnological expeditions -- Burma -- Exhibitions. Material culture -- Burma -- Exhibitions. Scientific expeditions -- Burma -- Exhibitions. SUBJECT Myanmar -- Antiquities http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2003006539 -- Exhibitions. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99001275 Myanmar -- Description and travel http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh86005588 -- Exhibitions. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99001275 Genre/Form Exhibition catalogs. Author Bard Graduate Center: Decorative Arts, Design History, Material Culture, issuing body, host institution LC no. 2012049589 ISBN 9780300190236

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