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The Alutiit/Sugpiat: A Catalog of the Collections of the Kunstkamera
Yuri E. Berezkin (Ed.)
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Description for The Alutiit/Sugpiat: A Catalog of the Collections of the Kunstkamera
Hardback. Catalogs the collection of nearly five hundred Alutiiq cultural items held by the Peter the Great Museum of Anthropology and Ethnography, or the Kunstkamera, in St Petersburg, Russia. Editor(s): Berezkin, Yuri E. Translator(s): Fields, Lois; Arndt, Katherine. Num Pages: 440 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBWK; AGC; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 292 x 241 x 36. Weight in Grams: 2631.
This beautifully photographed book catalogs the collection of nearly five hundred Alutiiq cultural items held by the Peter the Great Museum of Anthropology and Ethnography, or the Kunstkamera, in St. Petersburg, Russia. Gathered between 1780 and 1867, many of the artifacts are composed of fur, feathers, gut, hair, and other delicate materials, which prevent their transport for display or study. To document these artifacts for the public, the Kunstkamera collaborated with the Alutiiq Museum in Kodiak, Alaska. Together, anthropologists and members of the Alutiiq community combined the collection records with cultural knowledge and high-resolution digital imagery and worked to name ... Read more
This beautifully photographed book catalogs the collection of nearly five hundred Alutiiq cultural items held by the Peter the Great Museum of Anthropology and Ethnography, or the Kunstkamera, in St. Petersburg, Russia. Gathered between 1780 and 1867, many of the artifacts are composed of fur, feathers, gut, hair, and other delicate materials, which prevent their transport for display or study. To document these artifacts for the public, the Kunstkamera collaborated with the Alutiiq Museum in Kodiak, Alaska. Together, anthropologists and members of the Alutiiq community combined the collection records with cultural knowledge and high-resolution digital imagery and worked to name ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
University of Alaska Press United States
Number of pages
440
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
Weight
2631g
Number of Pages
440
Place of Publication
Farmington Hills, United States
ISBN
9781602231771
SKU
V9781602231771
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About Yuri E. Berezkin (Ed.)
Yuri E. Berezkin is the head of the American Department of the Kunstkamera Museum. Lois Fields is a translator and businesswoman in Anchorage and southcentral Alaska. Katherine Arndt is the bibliographer and curator of rare books at the Rasmuson Library at the University of Alaska Fairbanks.
Reviews for The Alutiit/Sugpiat: A Catalog of the Collections of the Kunstkamera
[This] gorgeously illustrated 400-page book from University of Alaska Press is stunning in several respects, a contender for the title of the most beautiful volume of Alaska ethnography ever published.
Mike Dunham Anchorage Daily News [This] gorgeously illustrated 400-page book from University of Alaska Press is stunning in several respects, a contender for the title of the ... Read more
Mike Dunham Anchorage Daily News [This] gorgeously illustrated 400-page book from University of Alaska Press is stunning in several respects, a contender for the title of the ... Read more