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Book ID: CBB000830510

Knowing Things: Exploring the Collections at the Pitt Rivers Museum, 1884--1945 (2007)

Gosden, Chris (Author)
Larson, Frances (Author)
Petch, Alison (Author)

Oxford University Press

ISBN: 9780199225897

Publication Date: 2007
Physical Details: xviii + 261 pp.; ill.; maps; bibl.; index
Language: English

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Archaeology Museums Material culture Anthropology Societies; institutions; academies Collectors and collecting 19th century 20th century, early Great Britain Pitt Rivers Museum (University of Oxford) Oxford University

Description On the early history of the museum, focusing on the relationship between collectors, donors, objects, and the museum staff.

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