Ikat from Timor and its outer Islands
Insular and Interwoven
Peter ten Hoopen | 2022
This is the first study to focus on ikat of the Timor region from a technical perspective, including microscopy and design analysis of asymmetry, an understudied subject. Paradoxically this technical perspective highlights the human factor.…
Douze jours à Nuku Hiva
Rencontres et révolte russe dans le Pacifique Sud
Elena Govor (edited by Marie-Noelle Ottino-Garanger) | 2021
La première expédition russe autour du monde, à l’aube du dix-neuvième siècle, fit suite à celles de Bougainville, Cook et La Pérouse. Menée par le commandant balte-allemand Adam von Krusenstern, elle était, à elle seule,…
Gender stereotypes in archaeology
A short reflection in image and text
Edited by Laura Coltofean-Arizancu, Bisserka Gaydarska & Uroš Matić | 2021
Were men the only hunters and producers of tools, art and innovation in prehistory? Were women the only gatherers, home-bound breeders and caregivers? Are all prehistoric female depictions mother goddesses? And do women and men…
Pieces of a Nation
South Sudanese Heritage and Museum Collections
Edited by Zoe Cormack & Cherry Leonardi | 2021
South Sudan became independent in 2011 after decades of rebel wars with the Government of Sudan. Independence prompted discussions about South Sudanese identity and shared history, in which material objects and cultural heritage featured as…
Museum, Magic, Memory
Curating Paul Denys Montague
Julie Adams | 2021
In 2012, a chance encounter between a curator and a century-old expedition journal occurred in the archives of a Cambridge museum. The journal was written by a young anthropologist, Paul Denys Montague, and recorded his…
Healing Power
Living Traditions, Global Interactions
Edited by Cunera Buijs & Wouter Welling | 2021
Hidden healing practices exert fascination and stimulate extensive scientific and public interest. It is a contested topic for many indigenous peoples. Throughout the ages, numerous spiritual healing forms have been marginalized or severely persecuted. Nowadays,…
Material Approaches to Polynesian Barkcloth
Cloth, Collections, Communities
Edited by Frances Lennard & Andy Mills | 2020
Barkcloth or tapa, a cloth made from the inner bark of trees, was widely used in place of woven cloth in the Pacific islands until the 19th century. A ubiquitous material, it was integral to…
Ikat from Timor and its outer Islands
Insular and Interwoven
Peter ten Hoopen | 2022
This is the first study to focus on ikat of the Timor region from a technical perspective, including microscopy and design analysis of asymmetry, an understudied subject. Paradoxically this technical perspective highlights the human factor.…
Douze jours à Nuku Hiva
Rencontres et révolte russe dans le Pacifique Sud
Elena Govor (edited by Marie-Noelle Ottino-Garanger) | 2021
La première expédition russe autour du monde, à l’aube du dix-neuvième siècle, fit suite à celles de Bougainville, Cook et La Pérouse. Menée par le commandant balte-allemand Adam von Krusenstern, elle était, à elle seule,…
Gender stereotypes in archaeology
A short reflection in image and text
Edited by Laura Coltofean-Arizancu, Bisserka Gaydarska & Uroš Matić | 2021
Were men the only hunters and producers of tools, art and innovation in prehistory? Were women the only gatherers, home-bound breeders and caregivers? Are all prehistoric female depictions mother goddesses? And do women and men…
Pieces of a Nation
South Sudanese Heritage and Museum Collections
Edited by Zoe Cormack & Cherry Leonardi | 2021
South Sudan became independent in 2011 after decades of rebel wars with the Government of Sudan. Independence prompted discussions about South Sudanese identity and shared history, in which material objects and cultural heritage featured as…
Museum, Magic, Memory
Curating Paul Denys Montague
Julie Adams | 2021
In 2012, a chance encounter between a curator and a century-old expedition journal occurred in the archives of a Cambridge museum. The journal was written by a young anthropologist, Paul Denys Montague, and recorded his…
Healing Power
Living Traditions, Global Interactions
Edited by Cunera Buijs & Wouter Welling | 2021
Hidden healing practices exert fascination and stimulate extensive scientific and public interest. It is a contested topic for many indigenous peoples. Throughout the ages, numerous spiritual healing forms have been marginalized or severely persecuted. Nowadays,…
Material Approaches to Polynesian Barkcloth
Cloth, Collections, Communities
Edited by Frances Lennard & Andy Mills | 2020
Barkcloth or tapa, a cloth made from the inner bark of trees, was widely used in place of woven cloth in the Pacific islands until the 19th century. A ubiquitous material, it was integral to…
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