Deux musées pour un héritage : Les collections unangax̂ de l’île d’Unga
This article looks at the parallel fates of two Unangax̂ (Aleut) collections from the second half of the nineteenth century made by French Alphonse Pinart and American William Dall. Their explorations of Unga Island burial caves, partly driven by their rivalry, resulted in collections of unique and...
| Published in: | Études Inuit Studies |
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| Main Authors: | , , |
| Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
| Language: | French |
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Centre interuniversitaire d’études et de recherches autochtones (CIÉRA)
2018
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.7202/1064501ar http://id.erudit.org/iderudit/1064501ar |
| Summary: | This article looks at the parallel fates of two Unangax̂ (Aleut) collections from the second half of the nineteenth century made by French Alphonse Pinart and American William Dall. Their explorations of Unga Island burial caves, partly driven by their rivalry, resulted in collections of unique and enigmatic objects divided between the Château-Musée de Boulogne-sur-Mer (France) and the Smithsonian Institution National Museum of Natural History (United States). In this article, the authors retrace the particular course of these objects, which, despite their exceptional character, remain understudied. Cet article s’intéresse aux destins parallèles de deux collections unangax̂ (aléoutes) constituées dans la seconde moitié du XIXe siècle par le Français Alphonse Pinart et l’Américain William Dall. Fondées sur une rivalité entre ces deux personnages, ces collections, issues de leurs explorations respectives de cavernes funéraires de l’île d’Unga, forment un ensemble d’objets aussi unique qu’énigmatique, divisé entre le Château-Musée de Boulogne-sur-Mer (France) et le National Museum of Natural History de la Smithsonian Institution (États-Unis). Les auteures retracent ici le parcours singulier de ces objets qui, malgré leur caractère exceptionnel, restent à ce jour encore très peu étudiés. |
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