Eskimokultur, arkæologi og museumssamlinger
Eskimo culture, archaeology and collections At the turn of this century, uncontrolled collecting of Eskimo objects by Europeans became a threat to the Greenlandic culture. «Damaging the Eskimo culture by spoiling heathen graves». That was the opinion expressed by members of the political board of So...
| Published in: | Nordisk Museologi |
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| Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
| Language: | Danish |
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University of Oslo Library
2016
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| Online Access: | https://journals.uio.no/museolog/article/view/3680 https://doi.org/10.5617/nm.3680 |
| Summary: | Eskimo culture, archaeology and collections At the turn of this century, uncontrolled collecting of Eskimo objects by Europeans became a threat to the Greenlandic culture. «Damaging the Eskimo culture by spoiling heathen graves». That was the opinion expressed by members of the political board of South Greenland. A proposal was then made for building a museum which was realized more than half a century later. |
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