Collecting native America, 1870-1960 /

"Between the 1870s and the 1950s collectors vigorously pursued the artifacts of Native American groups." "In Collecting Native America contributors examine the motivations, intentions, and actions of eleven collectors who devoted substantial parts of their lives and fortunes to acquir...

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Contributors: Krech, Shepard, III, 1944- (Editor), Hail, Barbara A., (Editor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : Smithsonian Books, [2010].
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Table of Contents:
  • Zest or zeal? : Sheldon Jackson and the commodification of Alaska Native art /
  • Molly Lee
  • Ronoshonni
  • the builder : David Ross McCord's ethnographic collection /
  • Moira T. McCaffrey
  • Charles Fletcher Lummis and the origins of the Southwest Museum /
  • Thomas H. Wilson and Cheri Falkenstien-Doyle
  • Rudolf F. Haffenreffer and the King Philip Museum /
  • Shepard Krech III
  • Patrons, potters, and painters : Phoebe Hearst's collections from the American Southwest /
  • Ira Jacknis
  • Museums as inspiration : Clara Endicott Sears and the Fruitlands museums /
  • Barbara A. Hail
  • Collecting to educate : Ernest Thompson Seton and Mary Cabot Wheelwright /
  • Nancy J. Parezo and Karl A. Hoerig
  • Every last dishcloth : the prodigious collecting of George Gustav Heye /
  • Clara Sue Kidwell
  • Grand amateur collecting in the mid-twentieth century : the Mary W.A. and Francis V. Crane American Indian collection /
  • Joyce Herold.