Collecting Cultures: Myth, Politics, and Collaboration in the 1948 Arnhem Land Expedition

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Author: Sally K. May

ISBN-10: 0759105987

ISBN-13: 9780759105980

Category: Australian History

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Collecting Cultures investigates colonial museum collecting practices in indigenous communities based upon the case of the 1948 American-Australian Scientific Expedition to Arnhem Land.

Preface and Acknowledgments viiForeword Stephen Loring xi1 Beginnings 12 Ethnographic Collecting 193 Preparing for Arnhem Land 354 Exploring the great Unknown-Groote Eylandt 515 Exploring the great Unknown-Yirrkala 696 Exploring the great Unknown-Oenpelli 797 Collecting Arnhem Land 958 When We Have Put to Sea 1079 Reflections on an Ethnographic Collection 12310 A Series Most Promising 14911 The Ongoing Impact 181References 195Index 217About the Author 229