Franz Boas and the Bella-Coolas in Berlin: human zoos, native performances and anthropological practice at the end of the 19th century

• Published in: Proa: Revista de Antropologia e Arte
• Main Author: Vieira, Marina Cavalcante
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: Portuguese
• Published: Universidade Estadual de Campinas 2024
• Subjects: Franz Boas; Exhibición de Bella-Coola; Zoológicos humanos; Exibição Bella-Coola; Bella-Coola exhibition; Human zoos; Carrera; De la Costa; Johan Adrian; Johan Adrian Jacobsen
• Online Access: https://econtents.bc.unicamp.br/inpec/index.php/proa/article/view/18222; https://doi.org/10.20396/proa.v13i00.18222

Nine Bella-Coola indigenous people from the northwest American coast toured Germany between 1885 and 1886. Promoted by Johan Adrian Jacobsen and Carl Hagenbeck, such human zoo shows used to raise great interest of the scientific societies of the time. Upon arriving in the capital Berlin, the Bella-C...