"This book explores the early history of the Pitt Rivers Museum and its collections. Many thousands of people collected objects for the Museum between its foundation in 1884 and 1945, and together they and the objects they collected provide a series of insights into the early history of archaeology and anthropology. The volume also includes individual biographies and group histories of the people originally making and using the objects, as well as a snapshot of the British empire. The main focus for the book derives from the computerized catalogues of the Museum and attendant archival…
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Oxford University Press, USA · 296 pages · 9780199225897
Anthropological museums and collectionsArchaeological museums and collectionsCollection and preservationHistoryMaterial cultureOxfordPitt Rivers MuseumMuseums & Museology
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