Arts of Diplomacy: Lewis and Clark's Indian Collection

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This guide to the museum's 2,729 objects from the Philippines is a useful reference tool for researchers interested not only in the objects collected but also in the archival information relevant to the accessions and the collectors. Includes a breakdown of the items according to type; listing by collector and accession number; a cross-reference according to cultural affiliation; a list of donors; brief biographies of selected collectors; and a bibliography.

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This guide to the museum's 2,729 objects from the Philippines is a useful reference tool for researchers interested not only in the objects collected but also in the archival information relevant to the accessions and the collectors. Includes a breakdown of the items according to type; listing by collector and accession number; a cross-reference according to cultural affiliation; a list of donors; brief biographies of selected collectors; and a bibliography.

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As the bicentennial years of the Lewis and Clark expedition approach we can expect to be inundated with any number of books, articles and television programs about the "Corps of Discovery," but it is doubtful than any will prove more insightful and thought provoking than McLaughlin's groundbreaking study. Associate curator of Native American Ethnography at the Peabody Museum, McLaughlin takes a multidisciplinary approach centering on the collection of objects acquired from native tribes during the expedition. Even if the book did nothing more than present and describe these fascinating objects-which it does with lush and painstaking thoroughness in text and in 195 illustrations (150 in color)-it would be of great appeal to neophytes and experts alike. Some of the objects depicted, like the extraordinary ceremonial raven bustles, are as impressive in themselves as anything our continent has produced. But through them McLaughlin, along with some guest essayists, is able to describe both the voyage and its milieu in fresh and surprising ways. The America from which Jefferson sent Meriwether Lewis and William Clark was a democracy in its fragile infancy; the tribes, McLaughlin illustrates, including the Mandan and Sioux, were not yet conquered peoples but vital actors in a thriving and interdependent cultural economy. In the complex interaction between the expedition and the peoples they met, the exchange of objects could have numerous meanings, which are explored here with great nuance and subtlety; their eventual status as "museum" objects is also discussed. At various points, this narrative is interleaved with panel pages in which material aspects such as cedar bark and glass beads are explored more fully, and also, most usefully, contemporary native artisans not only discuss their crafts but react to the implications of McLaughlin's ideas. Readers will want to do the same. (Mar.) Copyright 2004 Reed Business Information.
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In the bicentennial year of the Lewis and Clark expedition, Harvard's Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology features objects brought back from the epic exploration of the Corps of Discovery. Associate curator McLaughlin is forthright in saying that only six objects can definitely be attributed to trade between Lewis and Clark and the Native Americans, but the collection includes a host of important and stunning objects that most likely came from this source, including fabric, glass beads, feathers, silk ribbons, and grizzly claws. Many pieces were collected by Clark's nephew by marriage, Lt. George C. Hutter, in the 1820s, and others found their way to the Peabody by various routes. Essays by McLaughlin, with occasional contributions from other anthropologists and Native American artists and activists, delve into the importance of trade to the expedition and describe the objects lovingly and in great depth. The processes of making them, still being practiced in many areas, are also explored. Including numerous beautiful and explanatory illustrations, this is recommended for Lewis and Clark fans, Native American crafts lovers, and even those seeking insight into political history.-Gay Neale, Brodnax, VA Copyright 2004 Reed Business Information.
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Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780295983615
  • Publisher: University of Washington Press
  • Publication date: 10/28/2003
  • Edition description: New Edition
  • Edition number: 1
  • Pages: 416
  • Product dimensions: 8.70 (w) x 10.70 (h) x 1.20 (d)

Meet the Author

Francesco Pellizzi is Associate of Middle American Ethnology at the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University. He is also Chair of the University Seminar on the Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas, Columbia University, and Senior Fellow at the Italian Academy for Advanced Studies in America, Columbia University.
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Table of Contents

Introduction

Acknowledgements

How to Use This Guide

Types of Objects

Collector and Accession Number

Donor and Accession Number

Cultural Affiliation and Collector

Brief Biographies of Selected Collectors

Bibliography

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