Confluences : an American expedition to northern Burma, 1935

Confluences : an American expedition to northern Burma, 1935 /

"In January 1935, the Vernay-Hopwood Chindwin Expedition departed from Rangoon to explore the Chindwin River on behalf of the American Museum of Natural History. The party traversed northern Burma, gathering biological specimens and ethnological artifacts for the museum. This intriguing book in...

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Main Author: Hasinoff, Erin L. (Author)
Other Authors: Weber, Susan, Gaskell, Ivan, Kendall, Laurel
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Published by the Bard Graduate Center: Decorative Arts, Design History, Material Culture, [2013]
Subjects:
Material culture > Burma > Exhibitions.
Ethnological expeditions > Burma > Exhibitions.
Scientific expeditions > Burma > Exhibitions.
Antiquities.
Material culture.
Travel.
Ethnological expeditions.
Scientific expeditions.
Burma > Antiquities > Exhibitions.
Burma > Description and travel > Exhibitions.
Burma.
Exhibition catalogs.
Table of Contents:
  • The anthropology of expeditions
  • The back story
  • The route
  • The expedition party
  • The expedition caravan
  • The ethnic makeup of northern Burma
  • Assemblage for anthropology
  • Shipped to New York
  • An expedition into the archives.

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