An ethnographic collection from northern Sakhalin Island / Fieldiana, Anthropology, new series, no.8

The collections of Field Museum of Natural History contain 59 ethnographic objects obtained in the late 19th century from teh Nivkhi, Oroki, and Evenki peoples of northern Sakhalin Island. These objects are described and illustrated. Information from historic and contemporary descriptions of Nivkhi...

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Main Author: VanStone, James W.
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: Chicago, Ill. : Field Museum of Natural History 1985
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10111/UIUCOCA:ethnographiccoll08vanst
http://www.archive.org/details/ethnographiccoll08vanst
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Summary:The collections of Field Museum of Natural History contain 59 ethnographic objects obtained in the late 19th century from teh Nivkhi, Oroki, and Evenki peoples of northern Sakhalin Island. These objects are described and illustrated. Information from historic and contemporary descriptions of Nivkhi and Oroki-Evenki material culture is included for comparative purposes. Includes bibliographical references (p. 16-17). The collections of Field Museum of Natural History contain 59 ethnographic objects obtained in the late 19th century from teh Nivkhi, Oroki, and Evenki peoples of northern Sakhalin Island. These objects are described and illustrated. Information from historic and contemporary descriptions of Nivkhi and Oroki-Evenki material culture is included for comparative purposes. Fieldiana series has been published as Anthropological Series by Field Columbian Museum (1895-1909) and Field Museum of Natural History (1909-1943), and as Fieldiana: Anthropology by Chicago Natural History Museum (1945-1966) and Field Museum of Natural History (1966-).