Our (Museum) World Turned Upside-Down: Re-Presenting Native American Arts

Berlo and Phillips discuss the quantities and relevance of Native American art objects in public and private collections, how they are displayed, as well as some examples of how museums acquired Native art objects. The authors suggest a need to re-evaluate how Native art objects are displayed in ins...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Phillips, Ruth B., Berlo, Janet Catherine
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: College Art Association 2007
Subjects:
museum collections
museum display
salvage anthropology
repatriation
Smithsonian
George Heye
American Indian
First Nations
Kwakwaka'wakw
Zuni
Indian
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1802/3705
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Summary:Berlo and Phillips discuss the quantities and relevance of Native American art objects in public and private collections, how they are displayed, as well as some examples of how museums acquired Native art objects. The authors suggest a need to re-evaluate how Native art objects are displayed in institutional settings, and they situate their argument within the ongoing debate about repatriation of native art objects currently owned by institutions.

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