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Souvenirs of the Fur Trade : Northwest Coast Indian Art and Artifacts Collected by American Mariners, 1788-1844 by Mary Malloy (2000, Trade Paperback)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherPeabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology, Harvard University, Publications Department
ISBN-100873658337
ISBN-139780873658331
eBay Product ID (ePID)1885927
Product Key Features
Number of Pages176 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameSouvenirs of the Fur Trade : Northwest Coast Indian Art and Artifacts Collected by American Mariners, 1788-1844
Publication Year2000
SubjectArchaeology, Ethnic Studies / Native American Studies, American / General, Essays & Travelogues, North America, Native American
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaArt, Travel, Social Science, History
AuthorMary Malloy
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0 in
Item Weight24.9 Oz
Item Length1.1 in
Item Width0.8 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
LCCN00-131639
Dewey Edition21
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal704.03/970711
Table Of ContentAcknowledgements Introduction PART 1: COLLECTING ON THE COAST Yankee Observations of Northwest Coast Indian Life Souvenirs and Scientific Collecting PART 2: NORTHWEST COAST INDIAN ARTIFACTS IN NEW ENGLAND COLLECTIONS Salem East India Marine Society, 1799 Massachusetts Historical Society, 1791 Dartmouth College Museum, 1772 Deerfield Academy Museum, 1797 Boston Athenaeum, 1807 American Antiquarian Society, 1812 Boston Marine Society, 1742 Boston Museum, 1841 Peabody Museum of American Archaeology and Ethnology, 1867 Newburyport Marine Society, 1772 Historical Society of Old Newbury, 1877 Newburyport Maritime Society, 1974 Notes Bibliography Illustration Credits Index
SynopsisAmerican mariners made more than 175 voyages to the Northwest Coast during the half-century after 1787. The art and culture of Northwest Coast Indians so intrigued American sailors that the collecting of ethnographic artifacts became an important secondary trade. Malloy has brought details about these early collections together for the first time., American mariners made more than 175 voyages to the Northwest Coast during the half-century after the ships Columbia and Washington pioneered the route from Boston in 1787. Although obtaining sea otter pelts for the China trade was the original purpose of the voyages, the art and culture of Northwest Coast Indians so intrigued and fascinated American sailors that the collecting of ethnographic artifacts became an important secondary trade. The Indians traded masks, hats, paddles, pipes, fishhooks, spoons, clothing, and canoe models from their canoes to the decks of Yankee vessels. In this act of exchange, the artifacts moved from one world to another--first to shipboard, and later to the "cabinets of curiosities" of learned societies in Massachusetts, where many of them found homes. The objects were the first examples of Northwest Coast Indian material culture to enter American museums, and they influenced perceptions of Northwest Coast Indian people and their complex cultures. By carefully researching the records of ten institutions and the shipboard journals of more than a dozen mariners, Mary Malloy has brought details about these early collections together for the first time. From utilitarian objects to artistic masterpieces, these souvenirs tell a story of commerce and cultural exchange that reached across the continent during the period when Americans were first beginning to look westward.
LC Classification NumberE78.N78M35 2000
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