Birkitts Books presents ... Guide to the North American Ethnographic Collection at the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology ISBN: 1931707324 Author: Williams, Lucy Fowler Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology Release Date: 2003 Seller Category: History Qty Available: 1 Condition: Used: Very Good Sku: 240428019 Notes: Minor shelf wear, binding tight, pages clean and unmarked. Totaling approximately 40,000 objects, the University Museum's ethnographic holdings represent native peoples from ten North American culture areas?the Arctic, Subarctic, Northwest Coast, California, Plateau, Great Basin, Southwest, Great Plains, Northeast, and the Southeast.This guide highlights the strength of the collections and demonstrates how objects are tied to history and people living within different cultural and social contexts. It also underscores that objects have different multiple meanings. Some objects illustrate intertribal relations; others best reflect collecting attitudes at the turn of the century when much of the Museum's collections was acquired.Visitors and off-site readers will learn about such related archival resources as documentation and photographs, past and present Museum exhibitions, current research, repatriation, and contemporary collections development. Don't forget to check out other great deals in our Store!!