Hunting the gatherers : ethnographic collectors, agents and agency in Melanesia, 1870s-1930s

Abstract

Introduction M. O'Hanlon Chapter 1. Gathering for God: George Brown and the Christian Economy in the Collection of Artefacts H. Gardner Chapter 2. Exploring Tensions in Material Culture: Commercialising Ethnography in German New Guinea, 1870-1904 R. Buschmann Chapter 3. 'Before it has Become too Late': The Making and Repatriation of Sir William MacGregor's Official Collection from British New Guinea M. Quinnell Chapter 4. Surveying Culture: Photography, Collecting and Material Culture in British New Guinea, 1898 E. Edwards Chapter 5. Collecting Pygmies: the 'Tapiro' and the British Ornithologists' Union Expedition to Dutch New Guinea, 1910-1911 C. Ballard Chapter 6. One Time, One Place, Three Collections: Colonial Processes and the Shaping of Some Museum Collections from German New Guinea R.Welsch Chapter 7. The Careless Collector: Malinowski and the Antiquarians M. Young Chapter 8. Felix Speiser's Fletched Arrow: A Paradigm Shift from Physical Anthropology to Art Styles C. Kaufmann Chapter 9. On His Todd: Material Culture and Colonialism C. Gosden Chapter 10. Reverse Trajectories: Beatrice Blackwood as Collector and Anthropologist C. Knowles Epilogue N. Thomas Notes on contributors Bibliography Index

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